U.S. criminal justice policies have led to a 585 percent increase in the incarcerated women’s population since 1980 and have resulted in the highest female incarceration rate in the world.
A federal judge finally acknowledged that New York City won't fix the constitutional crisis at Rikers on its own, but the problem goes far beyond New York City.
Mahendra Patel was charged with battery, assault, and attempted kidnapping. He was granted bond.
The woman has since recanted her allegations.
Families described not being told their loved one was in the hospital or even when they had died.
Yet its penitentiary centers are already running at over 300 percent capacity.
Charities can focus resources on those who genuinely need a hand while saying no to those who just need "a kick in the butt."
A federal judge ruled that New York City was in violation of 18 different provisions of a court-enforced plan to clean up the infamous Rikers Island jail complex.
The problems with these test kits are well-known, and there have been hundreds of documented cases of wrongful arrests based on them.
Justice Department investigators found squalid living conditions, unchecked violence, and illegal mistreatment of minors and mentally ill inmates.
The government will prevent prisoners from getting TEXAS LETTERS, an anthology about experiences with solitary confinement.
The Ocala Gazette says the footage contradicts the Marion County sheriff's claims about Scott Whitley's death. A judge won't let the paper publish the video.
Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines.
Judge Kenneth King is facing a lawsuit for punishing a 15-year-old who visited his courtroom with his "own version of Scared Straight.''
The move would lower the per-minute cost precipitously and allow inmates to better keep in touch with friends and family.
Republican lawmakers are undoing bipartisan measures against unjust prison sentences and punitive policies.
Detective Bryan Gillis alleges the star golfer assaulted him. Footage released today does not help his story.
All three inmates were mentally ill and became dehydrated despite ready access to water.
Judge Carlton Reeves ripped apart the legal doctrine in his latest decision on the matter.
Victor Manuel Martinez Wario was jailed for a total of five days, spending three of those in special housing for sex offenders.
Officials claim the policy is intended to prevent people from smuggling in contraband, but it allows shipments from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
How do we decide who is worthy of a second chance?
Two class-action lawsuits say Michigan counties take cuts of the exorbitant costs of inmate phone calls while children go months without seeing their parents in person.
The Georgia man was released after making a plea deal. He spent a decade in jail before ever being convicted of a crime.
James Crumbley, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, may be an unsympathetic defendant. But this prosecution still made little sense.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents an inmate from winning the presidency.
It can certainly be true that Peter Cichuniec made an egregious professional misjudgment. And it can also be true that punishing him criminally makes little sense.
There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents an inmate from winning the presidency.
By definition, people assigned bail have been judged safe to release into the general population. Requiring them to post cash bail is needlessly punitive.
The new libertarian president believes in free markets and the rule of law. When people have those things, prosperity happens.
Kids were jailed for minor offenses, as detailed in The Kids of Rutherford County podcast.
More than 20 people died while in custody of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department last year.
Big government has been ruinous for millions of people. Charities aren't perfect, but they are much more efficient and effective.
An investigation from ProPublica shows that one Knoxville-area facility is putting kids in solitary but skirting scrutiny by classifying the seclusion as "voluntary."
“I couldn’t believe it was my baby,” Amanda Bews' mother said. "She looked like she was mummified."
According to legal documents, children have been forced to sleep on the floor of offices and gymnasiums, with limited access to bathrooms and showers.
Plus: FIRE fights college's vague "greater good" policy, Biden administration pushes double talk on tariffs, and more...
Etowah County, Alabama, has charged hundreds of pregnant women and new mothers with "chemical endangerment" over minor drug offenses.
Maurice Jimmerson finally got a trial after a decade of pretrial detention. It ended in a hung jury.
The Justice Department will investigate reports that inmates at Fulton County Jail are subject to filthy living conditions.
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