A Marshall Project and News 5 investigation inspired a bipartisan bill to address the license suspension crisis affecting ...

Los Angeles County is one of many places that have struggled to maintain safe conditions for youth and seen reform efforts ...

This practice has always been controversial, especially in communities of color where the use of field interrogations has ...

The sheriff’s department lags behind other agencies by failing to offer a website to help the public quickly learn who’s ...

For formerly incarcerated activist Dorsey Nunn, the most wonderful time of the year is a holiday bicycle giveaway for kids ...

With new restrictions on gender-affirming care, prisons confiscate underwear from trans people and compel them to cut their ...

In lawsuits and interviews, people held at Lee penitentiary described correctional officers breaking teeth, fracturing ribs ...

A prosecutor had been threatening mothers who used drugs while pregnant with long sentences — until Brandy Moore fought the ...

The Marshall Project receives nearly 3,000 letters a year from people behind bars. Each one tells a different story about the ...

Some state and local lockups are facing federal intervention due to problems ranging from filthy cells to violent abuse.

From feces on the wall to constant gang calls, LaMarr W. Knox details the horrors of the transit unit at New York’s Green ...

Steven Backstrom was struggling to stay awake during his shift in the prison shoe factory. The machines could be dangerous if ...