The Appeal and other news outlets spent years reporting on dangerous conditions inside Atlanta, Georgia's Fulton County Jail.

Mayor Andre Dickens’ office initiated a secret bidding process for community responders—that left out the current beloved ...

After a moral panic about crime, San Francisco’s billionaires and political leaders demanded more arrests. Pretrial detainees ...

Democrats spent the last four years running away from police reform and instead chanted "fund the police." They lost.

After a moral panic about crime, San Francisco’s billionaires and political leaders demanded more arrests. Pretrial detainees ...

Trump’s plans are more extreme, and the tools advocates used to limit harm during his first term may not be effective.

“Just like people in society, incarcerated people have a desire to participate in our elections. We have thoughts and views ...

Changes in state law mean that many more people with felony convictions will be voting in 2024 than in previous elections.

Even though the United Nations considers more than 15 days of solitary confinement a form of torture, American prisons still use the practice.

Changes in state law mean that many more people with felony convictions will be voting in 2024 than in previous elections.

Changes in state law mean that many more people with felony convictions will be voting in 2024 than in previous elections.