Just a year ago, Martín Soto was making breakfast at home with his wife, Gabriela, while their daughter got ready for her ...

As a person incarcerated in Texas, I know that rotten food and poor medical care are not unique to Delaney Hall.

An Illinois State Police database available online listed personal information, including Social Security numbers.

As former residents of a California prison, we celebrated its closure but abhorred the punitive transfer process.

Pennsylvania requires unanimous approval from a five-member pardon board before people incarcerated on life sentences can ask the governor for clemency. Sheena King, 53, has been incarcerated since ...

This story was published in partnership with Truthout. In June, the Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether 38-year-old Amber Kim could be transferred from a men’s prison to the ...

Psychological experts have roundly condemned hypnosis as junk science. But that isn’t stopping Texas from trying to execute Charles Flores, who was sent to death row based on the testimony of one ...

A federal lawsuit filed by West Virginia prisoners alleges that Aramark Corporation serves inedible, low-quality food in its prison cafeterias to drive customers to its food-for-purchase programs.

This story was first published by The Frontier and KOSU. Ethan Corey, research and projects editor at The Appeal, contributed to this report. There were 60 cases to be heard on a busy May morning in ...

In the epicenter of the nation’s novel coronavirus outbreak, the situation is dire for transgender Black and Latinx sex workers. “We’re scared, but we know no one cares about us,” said TS Candii, a ...

The Appeal’s investigation found contracts in nearly every state and the District of Columbia. Find out if your local businesses are working with ICE.

News of Layleen Polanco’s death at Rikers Island last Friday sparked an outcry this week from advocates and public officials across New York City. Polanco, a 27-year-old transgender woman, was found ...