Charges Dropped Against New York City Mother From Viral Arrest Video, but She’s Still in Jail

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Dec 11, 2018 2:43 PM

This Is What Prison Mail Looks Like Now (at Least in Pennsylvania)

Mia Armstrong

Dec 05, 2018 1:39 PM

America’s Leading Reform-Minded District Attorney Has Taken His Most Radical Step Yet

Maura Ewing

Dec 04, 2018 3:40 PM

Barry Jenkins’ Follow-Up to Moonlight Will Disarm Viewers, Then Devastate Them

Inkoo Kang

Dec 03, 2018 2:27 PM

Inmates Catfished Hundreds of Military Members in Large-Scale Sextortion Scam

Jennifer Kang

Nov 29, 2018 4:43 PM

Progressives Won Key Victories Trying a New Campaign Tactic in 2018. They Can Do Even Better in 2020.

Marc Solomon

Nov 25, 2018 5:12 PM

Video Visitation Robs People in Prison of Much-Needed Human Contact

Emma Coleman

Oct 29, 2018 9:53 AM

Prison Life Takes a Toll on Security Guards, Too

Mike Pesca

Oct 19, 2018 9:57 PM

Why the Big Double Jeopardy Supreme Court Case Isn’t a Threat to the Mueller Probe

Teri Kanefield and Jed Shugerman

Oct 04, 2018 11:20 AM

For an Increasing Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention, Learning Is Possible

Francesca Berardi

Dec 29, 2017 7:30 AM

Michael Was Jailed at 15, Released at 26, and Dead at 29. Now His Cousin Seeks Answers.

Politics and Prose

Sept 22, 2017 7:15 AM

Debunking the Myths of the U.S. Prison Population Boom

Mike Pesca

June 07, 2017 6:11 PM

Conservatives Are Leading the Way as States Enact Criminal Justice Reform

Brandon L. Garrett

March 31, 2017 4:42 PM

The Time Is Right for the Supreme Court to Rein In Solitary Confinement

Mark Joseph Stern

Feb 10, 2017 11:16 AM

How Do You Vote in Prison and Jail? For the Most Part, You Don’t.

Leon Neyfakh

Nov 08, 2016 2:26 PM

I’m a Criminal Justice Reporter, and Ava DuVernay’s New Doc About Mass Incarceration Shocked Me

Leon Neyfakh

Oct 06, 2016 3:50 PM

I Got Two Mentally Ill Patients Out of Jail. But What About the Rest of Them?

Abhi Kole

Sept 23, 2016 2:00 PM

Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Rape Are the Wrong Response to the Brock Turner Case

Nora Caplan-Bricker

Aug 30, 2016 4:28 PM

New York City Council Approves Free Tampons and Pads in Schools, Prisons, and Shelters

Christina Cauterucci

June 22, 2016 5:50 PM

The Return of the Terrible Plan to Ship Female Inmates From the Northeast to Alabama

Judith Resnik

Oct 04, 2013 4:03 PM