Trump's Justice Department has removed questions about gender identity and trans people from at least four federal surveys.

The Department of Justice is leaving researchers, policymakers, and advocates in the dark about deaths in police custody, prisons, and jails.

The Enduring, Pernicious Whiteness Of True Crime White voices and victims dominate the genre, which can skew the perception of what constitutes a crime. Illustration by Daniel Zender.

On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation's largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable victory for advocates ...

According to FBI data, the U.S. is about as safe as it’s ever been. So why is tough-on-crime rhetoric on the rise?

Before Children’s Grisly Deaths, a Family Fought for Them and Lost The Hart family’s apparent murder-suicide drew headlines, but the path to the tragedy started much earlier—in Texas. The Harts (left ...

Texas prison's Program for the Aggressive Mentally Ill Offender (PAMIO) program functions like solitary punishment, imprisoned people say.

Freddie Gray, Five Years Later On the anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising protests, new evidence in Gray’s death uncovers suppressed witness accounts of police brutality. Illustration by Daniel ...

Sports venues like the new SoFi Stadium have been crushing poor communities around the country for over a century.

New York's Adult Survivors Act briefly lifts the statute of limitations for sexual abuse lawsuits. Imprisoned women hope for change.

He Attempted Suicide and Ended Up In Jail Arthur’s story speaks to a troubling tendency in the legal system, reform advocates say: to treat mental health crises as criminal matters, rather than ...

As Climate Change Worsens, Deadly Prison Heat Is Increasingly an Everywhere Problem With heat waves sweeping across the country, incarcerated people in states with traditionally milder climates are ...