It's commonly held that letting the cops do crimes is a big no-no, but thanks to a zany lower court ruling the question is in the Supreme Court's hands.

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

As states grant early release to slow the spread of Covid-19, many people are leaving incarceration broke and without a net.

Police are making low-level arrests even as public health experts have called for immediate decarceration to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Conservative opponents of cash bail reform in New York saw an opportunity in the pandemic—and took it.

Criminal justice reformers are rethinking the crusade against cash bail.

Hospital workers, street medics, and people in prison describe navigating the coronavirus and life as they know it right now.

A long prison sentence can’t repair the harm he caused for dozens of women over many decades. What would it look like to demand more?

“I remember one woman who arrived and asked, ‘Is this the clinic?’ And we were like, ‘What clinic?’”

A verdict has been rendered, but no criminal case will tell the full story about Weinstein or the women he’s harmed.

Trump's Super Bowl ad was rightly criticized for its political opportunism. It also exposed the limits of current efforts to reshape the justice system.

An exclusive look at a groundbreaking policy transformation. There are lessons for the left to learn here.

The progressive prosecutor wants to fight gun violence with a light touch. His critics say he’s crazy. His defenders say he’s onto something.

The reaction against bail reform exposes the lie of the old system: It was always about money.

Anti-prostitution policing and these intervention courts believe they can racially profile and arrest their way to women's liberation.

Believe what you're seeing: Donald Trump wants a brutal, lawless, loyal military.

Democrats seem to agree that Trump should be brought to justice. Whether they agree on the precise nature of that justice is an open question.

In many states, ex-felons are required to settle debts before they can cast a ballot—a modern twist on poll taxes, disenfranchising black Americans.

53206, a heavily African American neighborhood north of downtown Milwaukee, suffers from all manner of ills—not least of which are the myths of criminality that continue to surround it.

Inmates are among the most vulnerable populations on our warming planet—and among the most ignored.