Barrett Brown wanted to use the internet to change the world. He ended up writing a remarkable memoir of his life in prison.

The departure of a controversial Republican sheriff gave hope to reformers in Western New York. But very little has changed.

Before Roe, doctors like Gary Raymond’s father went to prison for providing abortions. It’ll happen again.

Gavin Newsom’s refusal to let Kennedy’s 77-year-old killer die at home after a half-century behind bars is nothing more than a cynical political stunt.

India Walton won the Democratic primary fair and square. Then the man she beat teamed up with the party establishment—and Republican donors—to take her down.

Voters in Western New York have the chance to issue a strong statement about the dire conditions in American jails.

An uptick in homicides across the country is getting blamed on reforms. That argument gets the data all wrong.

You might think I work outside the U.S., beyond the reach of our labor laws. You’d be wrong.

Many of the 230,000 women and girls in U.S. jails and prisons were abuse survivors before they entered the system. And at least 30 percent of those serving time on murder or manslaughter charges were protecting themselves or a loved one from physical or sexual violence.

“It got to the point where us pregnant females were denying our medical treatment. It was almost like a boycott.”

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.

From manufacturing hand sanitizer to processing chicken, incarcerated workers face extreme risk for virtually no pay.

Mass incarceration is a moral and policy failure.

Paying just $2 a day hurts our economy and punishes families