The Washington State Supreme Court will rule on whether Amber Kim, who is trans, can return to a women’s prison.

Todd Sidesinger was taken to Pennsylvania’s York County Prison for unpaid fees. His family says the jail’s medical neglect ...

New law abolishes life without parole for minors, expands opportunities for early release, and restricts the prosecution of children as adults. Oregon Governor Kate Brown (Photo by Natalie ...

For U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, the issue of prison re-entry is personal: Both her father and husband went through it themselves. Last week, her husband, Conan Harris, ...

In prisons across America, people are serving decades-long sentences for crimes they didn’t commit. Some face a life sentence or even the death penalty. Yet there is no hope of exoneration because ...

“Left Behind,” a collaboration between The Appeal and Oregon Justice Resource Center, presents firsthand accounts of growing up in prison from individuals sentenced as children to 25 years-to-life.

This story was co-published with Truthout. Between 2016 and 2025, Michelle Shoemaker spent more than $1,000 on songs and games for her tablet — a rudimentary, prison-approved device she purchased from ...

This article is being co-published with The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. Read Part One of the series here. There was, understandably, no sleeping ...

At least 32 people died in ICE jails in 2025, and six more have already died in ICE custody this year. All eyes are on the Trump administration’s brutal “immigration enforcement” operation in ...

At the end of 2018, more than 5,400 people in Pennsylvania were serving life without the possibility of parole. Some advocates refer to this sentence as death by incarceration. On Thursday, the Board ...

How a scrappy group of parents played a key but lesser-known role in the pending closure of the Division of Juvenile Justice A Books Not Bars demonstration pushes for closing the N.A. Chaderjian Youth ...