‘People will die,’ an advocate warns, as standard treatments for gender dysphoria are replaced with therapy and antidepressants after Trump’s order.

Disability Rights NC said five of the state's 13 juvenile detention centers hold residents in solitary confinement, which administrators deny.

ICE uses facial recognition apps, license plate databases, and social media monitoring to track Americans without warrants, chilling civic participation.

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The state can no longer saddle defendants with court fees when charges are dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to restore them.

The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount.

The number of homicides in the Triangle's biggest cities have stabilized.

The Massachusetts Survivors Act emulates recent resentencing reforms across the country that allow for reduced sentences for people with convictions related to their abuse.

ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.

From prison to paycheck: Inmates in Maine are working remote jobs while serving time.

September 30, 1953 was an event­ful night for 19-year-old Tommy Lee Walker. After catch­ing a ride home from work at 6 p.m. — he didn’t have a car — he...

The conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility are akin to solitary confinement, local experts say — an apparent violation of state law.

Advocates say restricting incarcerated people from voting while they’re completing felony sentences undercuts constitutional values and enables racial injustices.

After shooting people, federal agents repeatedly failed to provide first aid, and officials spun narratives disproven by video.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.

Records obtained by the ACLU indicate the former American Hebrew Academy is among the locations under federal consideration. The possibility has drawn scrutiny from local leaders, who suggest the move would face zoning and public approval challenges.

Many California prisoners can get a chance at release through expanded parole opportunities. But gaining release requires someone to demonstrate personal growth and accountability before the state Parole Board.

In 2025, 32 people died in the custody of the U.S.

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

More than 30 people with dangerous but treatable ailments — infections, obstructed bowels and asthma attacks — died in the past decade.

“We’re looking at execution roughly every 16 days,” said Grace Hanna of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.

Stein touted efforts to help people leaving prison find jobs, housing and healthcare. But he said more work is needed on mental health to keep communities safe.

Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.

The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.

Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.

The state had recently expanded the novel program for providing one-on-one career coaching, job fairs behind bars, and support for people after release.