In Pennsylvania, about 1 in 5 biological male inmates who say they identify as transgender women request a transfer to a women’s prison.

Minimum-security prison camps in Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florida, Pennsylvania, West and Virginia will be deactivated.

He said he was even attacked by a woman inmate who told him he “ain’t supposed to be here,” even though he didn’t want to be in the women’s unit in the first place.

Inmates at the state correctional facility for women in Cambridge Springs earn an optician's certificate while making eyeglasses in a prison program.

Pennsylvania officials are hoping to combat the issue with a new program that connects pregnant inmates at SCI Muncy with doula services.