At least six people incarcerated at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison intentionally burned themselves to get transferred.

After 3.5 years co-leading The Appeal as Managing Editor & Operations Director, Tara Francis Chan is stepping down at the end ...

The toolkit is a practical resource for news organizations who want to better support their journalists and include them in ...

After Republican backlash, the Illinois parole board's work has essentially been frozen. JB Pritzker now barely grants ...

Multiple groups have now urged President Biden to save the 40 people on federal death row before Trump returns to power.

Jail, court, and prison visitors are forced to comply with invasive searches that leave them feeling sexually violated.

Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative is still waiting on Mayor Andre Dickens to approve the organization’s contract.

On Monday, a panel of federal judges ruled that Idaho can enforce portions of its draconian “abortion trafficking” ban.

In December 2009, Gregory Sharkey and his friends walked past a house in Spokane, Washington. Someone from a nearby home ...

Washington Department of Corrections uses a nebulous victim rights policy to bar incarcerated people from participating in ...