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 ...

New York Senator Makes the Case for Defunding the NYPD “These changes won’t be made unless we demand them loudly and relentlessly,” says state Senator Julia Salazar. May 31, 2020 in New York City ...

Qualified Immunity: Explained How a 60-year-old legal doctrine lets law enforcement officers off the hook for civil rights violations. Illustration by Hisashi Ohkawa.

Exclusive: Former Colleagues Accuse Mississippi D.A. Candidate Jody Owens Of Sexual Harassment An EEOC complaint documents allegations against Owens, former managing attorney in the Jackson office of ...

Voters in Louisiana, Vermont, Tennessee, Oregon, and Alabama in 2022 will choose whether to ban prison slavery this Election Day.

The “shoplifting panic” myth let cops buy facial recognition software, drones, license plate readers, surveillance tech, and more.

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

The latest frontier in drug reform has been the loosening of legal restrictions on psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms.” Psilocybin reform is an important development for at least ...

In America, judges, juries, and prosecutors can still exhibit clear signs of anti-LGBTQ+ bias when giving people a death sentence.

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?

The reality of risk assessment algorithms is complicated. Critics say bias can creep in at every stage, from development to implementation to application.

Crime-free housing ordinances are part of a legacy of local laws and policies used to perpetuate racial segregation in housing, policies which have outlived both chattel slavery and Jim Crow.