Wendy Sawyer | October 26, 2016

Don’t confuse respect for police with confidence in them

Americans’ respect for local police is apparently much higher than their confidence in the police in general.

Joshua Aiken | September 30, 2016

Girls are being put behind bars more and more. Will Congress do anything to help?

Joshua Aiken | September 15, 2016

Why do we lock juveniles up for life and throw away the key? Race plays a big part.

The United States is the only country in the world that sentences people under 18 to die behind bars. Which states do it, and why?

Alison Walsh | August 15, 2016

The criminal justice system is riddled with racial disparities

These 5 graphs break down just how riddled the U.S. criminal justice system is with racial disparities.

Alison Walsh | July 20, 2016

Maryland proposes – and promptly withdraws – plan to ban letters to people incarcerated in the state’s prisons

A now-withdrawn proposal would have made Maryland the first state to ban letters to people in state facilities.

Stephen Raher | July 5, 2016

Paging anti-trust lawyers: Prison commissary giants prepare to merge

Two of the biggest players in the prison and jail commissary market are planning to merge: The corporate parent of Trinity Services Group will be acquiring Keefe Group.

Peter Wagner | June 9, 2016

Some private prisons are, um, public.

Private prisons get all the attention, but the hidden truth is that many county jails are profiting off incarceration too.

Alison Walsh | June 7, 2016

EFF warns against using incarcerated people as “endless supply of free data”

A report by the EFF uncovers some alarming facts about a new "Tattoo Recognition Technology" research program that uses images obtained from incarcerated people.

Peter Wagner | May 25, 2016

Tallying the extent of the Clinton-era crime bills

Seven deadly sins: the problem with Bill Clinton's criminal justice legacy isn't one bill, or two or even three, but at least seven bills.

Bernadette Rabuy | May 23, 2016

Have we gone too far myth busting criminal justice reform? Drug policy is still important

We didn't get mass incarceration from War on Drugs alone, but drugs play an important role in less discussed stages of criminal justice systems