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

The Appeal and the Reynolds Journalism Institute are thrilled to announce a new resource for news leaders and entrepreneurs: ...

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

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

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

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

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

It’s hard enough to make time to take care of ourselves as hard-working adults. And none of us do our best work when we are not the best versions of ourselves. So, we create time to take care of ...

When we relaunched The Appeal as a new nonprofit organization, we knew we legally needed a Board of Directors, but we were wary. We’d all had bad experiences with external boards that either abused or ...

The criminal legal system operates primarily at the local and state levels, so The Appeal takes a multi-local approach to our journalism, covering issues that impact local communities and elevating ...