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

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.

A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has defunded the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.

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.

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 ...

The Bureau of Prison’s South Central regional director used incarcerated people from a Texas prison to work on a landscaping project at his church.

How The Prison Litigation Reform Act Has Failed For 25 Years The PLRA chokes off meritorious litigation, leaving incarcerated people without the means to preserve life and limb.

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?

Many cities have created non-police crisis response teams. These unarmed first responders often answer 911 calls for mental health crises.

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 ...

The Shadowy World of Jailhouse Informants: Explained In 2006, Ann Colomb and her three sons were convicted of running one of the largest crack cocaine distribution rings in Louisiana. Federal ...