The historical record shows that the glossy language of “reform” contributes to the normalization of prisons and jails.

Keshia Golden’s advocates say the legal system is stacked against both Black women and survivors of domestic violence.

Is Kansas just the beginning?

While administration officials say the changes will save money by lifting onerous requirements, advocates fear the anti-poverty program will be gutted.

Public health agencies are struggling to mount an effective response with less resources and fewer staff.

As Illinois closes Logan Correctional Center and moves women to new prisons near Chicago, formerly incarcerated women share their advice.

People are losing purchased music and games, as well as emails and photographs from loved ones, without compensation.

The state has been extending a short-term emergency contract with Centurion Health since July 2025 after backing out of a 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources. Since then, the tran...

Access to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currency

We’re emailing and calling city councilmembers on the Budget Negotiating Team (BNT) directly to ask them to dedicate 0.5% of the overall city budget to our libraries. Are you in any of these BNT…

The motion is an “attack on the revived hope that Black communities have felt” from the program, said its architect.

On an average day under Trump, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody. In total, at least 500 babies and toddlers have been detained.

Twenty-two states have laws requiring prisons to provide free menstrual products, but not all of them do.

The US has had birthright citizenship since the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.

A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.

“As more revelations come out in the Epstein files and as the chaos gets unleashed in the world by this current administration, it feels like they continue to stamp the ‘trans hate’ button harder and ...

Eileen O’Neill Burke promised to protect pretrial justice. One year in, her policies suggest a return to the politics of punishment.

Illinois has positioned itself as a national safeguard for reproductive rights. But a new case raises questions about how those principles are applied behind state prison walls.

Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to provide adequate medical and dental care to incarcerated people, according...

The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.