The departure of a controversial Republican sheriff gave hope to reformers in Western New York. But very little has changed.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle spent the midterms telling us that more police and prisons will make us safer. Voters didn’t bite—and perhaps they know better.

How the city’s media created public panic over a crime wave that wasn’t and dismantled Colorado’s storied juvenile justice system

India Walton won the Democratic primary fair and square. Then the man she beat teamed up with the party establishment—and Republican donors—to take her down.

After decades in operation, Crime Stoppers’ role in shaping policy and public perception on criminal justice has received little scrutiny.

Voters in Western New York have the chance to issue a strong statement about the dire conditions in American jails.

Bill de Blasio and the correctional officers’ union say the crisis at Rikers Island is about understaffing. But no number of guards will solve the underlying problems with the jail.

A protest in St. Louis exposed the deadly risks incarcerated people in the U.S. have faced for a year. Vaccine delays have only heightened those tensions.

Denying people the vote is presumed—wrongly—to be part of the deprivation of being locked up.

To build community support, organizers in L.A. flipped the message—and tactic—from taking money away from cops to locking in funds for everything else. Will it work?

Petitions for early release reveal the contours of people’s lives before incarceration, conditions on the inside, and what might come after.