What if death row prisoners participated in political debate? Do people sentenced to death agree with Gov. Mike DeWine? He ...

Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same ...

A project by photographer Daniella Zalcman shows the casual prevalence of goods made by prison labor in public and private ...

Advocates say the decision to allow Trump to end temporary protected status will send Haitians to “violent, needless deaths.” ...

Alfred Roberts was feeling a similar disillusionment at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility on January 6, 2021, as he ...

As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal ...

Lexie Handlang was sexually assaulted soon after she arrived in a Missouri prison. Here, she charts her ongoing road to ...

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...

The NYPD is leading the adoption of the “data-driven” initiative. Experts warn that some of the tactics are anything but precise.

To say that the second Trump administration has hypercharged immigration enforcement is an understatement. During its first year, deportations increased fivefold, according to the Deportation Data ...

Jody Owens, the district attorney in Mississippi’s capital city who faces trial on federal corruption charges, has been fined for failing to disclose his most recent campaign fundraising and spending.