Why Prisoners Get The Doctors No One Else Wants Even after a major class action suit required Illinois to revamp its prison healthcare system, doctors whose alleged neglect resulted in major injury or ...

In America, judges, juries, and prosecutors can still exhibit clear signs of anti-LGBTQ+ bias when giving people a death sentence.

Freddie Gray, Five Years Later On the anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising protests, new evidence in Gray’s death uncovers suppressed witness accounts of police brutality. Illustration by Daniel ...

Emails show Virginia Department of Corrections officials discussing how to punish people at Red Onion State Prison who self-immolated.

The Enduring, Pernicious Whiteness Of True Crime White voices and victims dominate the genre, which can skew the perception of what constitutes a crime. Illustration by Daniel Zender.

On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation's largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable victory for advocates ...

Kamala Harris’s Criminal Justice Record Killed Her Presidential Run Harris’s record as a prosecutor was representative of a politics of the past. The nation has moved on.

Black Families Matter: How the Child Welfare System Punishes Poor Families of Color A few days after an argument with her boyfriend led to a 911 call, Ms. L, a mother of two young boys, received an ...

According to FBI data, the U.S. is about as safe as it’s ever been. So why is tough-on-crime rhetoric on the rise?

Qualified Immunity: Explained How a 60-year-old legal doctrine lets law enforcement officers off the hook for civil rights violations. Illustration by Hisashi Ohkawa.

Many cities have created non-police crisis response teams. These unarmed first responders often answer 911 calls for mental health crises.

A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has defunded the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.