This practice has always been controversial, especially in communities of color where the use of field interrogations has ...

The sheriff’s department lags behind other agencies by failing to offer a website to help the public quickly learn who’s ...

A Marshall Project and News 5 investigation inspired a bipartisan bill to address the license suspension crisis affecting ...

Los Angeles County is one of many places that have struggled to maintain safe conditions for youth and seen reform efforts ...

In lawsuits and interviews, people held at Lee penitentiary described correctional officers breaking teeth, fracturing ribs ...

Steven Backstrom was struggling to stay awake during his shift in the prison shoe factory. The machines could be dangerous if ...

As the debate on reproductive rights and prison conditions swirled, and U.S. voters prepared to choose a new president, The ...

For formerly incarcerated activist Dorsey Nunn, the most wonderful time of the year is a holiday bicycle giveaway for kids ...

The Marshall Project receives nearly 3,000 letters a year from people behind bars. Each one tells a different story about the ...

A prosecutor had been threatening mothers who used drugs while pregnant with long sentences — until Brandy Moore fought the ...

Some state and local lockups are facing federal intervention due to problems ranging from filthy cells to violent abuse.

Earlier this fall, Florida officials ordered transgender women in the state’s prisons to submit to breast exams. As part of a new policy for people with gender dysphoria, prison medical staff ranked ...