Two weeks later, pathologist Keith Norman Norton, M.D., evaluated the remains of a “well-developed, obese man,” ruling that ...

Families are asking questions about their loved ones’ deaths in custody. The state isn’t answering them.

At least 32 people died in ICE jails in 2025. Six more have already died in ICE custody during the first three weeks of 2026.

A 2018 restraint chair death led to a $1.5 million legal settlement. The jail has used restraint chairs more than 1,000 times ...

A 2021 incident in a Missouri prison illustrates the barriers Muslims face practicing their religion behind bars.

Those of us who see ourselves in Renee Good can take this moment to deepen our solidarities with all who are policed.

Those of us who see ourselves in Renee Good can take this moment to deepen our solidarities with all who are policed.

After author Ben Austen released a book on Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 2018, a reader contacted him with information on the high-profile killings of two police officers he’d ...

The incarcerated men who produced footage for The Alabama Solution were abruptly transferred to solitary this month.

In 2006, Ann Colomb and her three sons were convicted of running one of the largest crack cocaine distribution rings in Louisiana. Federal prosecutors said that, over the course of a decade, the ...

A few days after an argument with her boyfriend led to a 911 call, Ms. L, a mother of two young boys, received an unexpected visit from Child Protective Services (CPS). The caseworker asked her if she ...