If approved by a state court, the number of people sentenced to death nationwide would drop by nearly a third.

Based on a new law, two men are seeking $2.4 million for their combined 38 years in prison. But Missouri doesn’t want to pay ...

Virginia voters will decide whether to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions. Some advocates ...

Fire alarms remain broken at the Joliet Treatment Center, a prison designed to treat people with mental illness.

Readers who have served 40 years or more said the laws that put them inside never accounted for who they would become.

The live event, produced by The Marshall Project and Musicambia, was introduced by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

In criminal court, families can track arrests. In ICE detention, thousands are moved across state lines within 24 hours, ...

Black drivers made up more than 60% of Bratenahl traffic stops in the village where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will put ...

Mississippi is one of only a handful of states that have no limit on how long someone accused of a felony can sit in jail while waiting for a prosecutor to formally charge them. Cases can be delayed ...

At California Medical Facility, playing a sport helps men practice new ways of thinking and form bonds that remain outside of ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. Arizona’s proposal, ...

Five candidates are running next week to lead the Hinds County District Attorney’s Office, which has long been mired in controversy and dysfunction. The next district attorney will face, among other ...