Advocates are calling for action after dozens of pregnant women or their families alleged in a new report that jails in the United States have subjected them to severe mistreatment or medical neglect, ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.

The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating. The Georgia Department of Corrections has started an investigation after Sheqweetta Vaughan, an inmate serving a two-year sentence at Lee ...