In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what ...

The state Supreme Court wants to know how local courts provide lawyers, if any, to poor people after their arrest.

Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.

The concept takes into account nonphysical tactics abusers use to trap their partners. But some worry the new laws will hurt ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

An anti-drug smuggling policy has slowed the delivery of time-sensitive court documents as prison staff read letters ...

Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.

Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it ...

In a one-page memo issued months into the new policy, prison system officials signaled to county court clerks that they need ...