The False Hope of “Bipartisan” Criminal Justice Reform
Trump's Super Bowl ad was rightly criticized for its political opportunism. It also exposed the limits of current efforts to reshape the justice system.
Prison
Locking People Up: South Dakota’s On It
South Dakota's viral meth prevention campaign masks a punitive, racist reality.
Imagining a World Without Prisons
On Thursday, the New York City Council will vote on shutting down the jails on Rikers Island. Should new ones replace them, or is it time to reform criminal justice more broadly?
The Climate Disaster Inside America’s Prisons
Inmates are among the most vulnerable populations on our warming planet—and among the most ignored.
Shock Corridor
The first inside report from an ICE mental health facility
Jeffrey Epstein and the Myth of “Justice” in America
The U.S. criminal legal system protected him for years—and then it failed him, just as it has failed countless people of color who are put behind bars.
The Completely Predictable Death of Jeffrey Epstein
If you are shocked by a jail suicide you aren’t paying attention to the grim conditions of incarceration in America.
America’s Shadow Criminal Justice System
How the “supervised release” program pulls tens of thousands of former inmates back into prison without a fair trial
Will America Finally Stop Privatizing Everything?
The Justice Department’s decision to shut down private prisons could signal the end of an era.
Another Clinton-Era Law that Needs to Be Repealed
The Prison Litigation Reform Act is still trampling on prisoners' legal rights.
A Fragile Shell of Who I Used to Be
A trans woman's harrowing experience in solitary confinement.
The Literal Cost of Solitary Confinement
Why are prisoners forced to pay fines when they are put in isolation?
It's Time to Pay Prisoners the Minimum Wage
Paying just $2 a day hurts our economy and punishes families
We Need a Strong Prison System
But we need to imprison people for fewer crimes and for less time
Oklahoma Incarcerates More Women Than Any Country on Earth
Yousef Khanfar's portraits of some of them
Should This Inmate Get a State-Financed Sex Change Operation?
What we owe a murderer
