I am the ONLY female being held in a male prison here in New Jersey all because I am transgender,” Gia Valentina told ...

At least 32 people died in ICE jails in 2025, and six more have already died in ICE custody this year. All eyes are on the Trump administration’s brutal “immigration enforcement” operation in ...

Three days after Todd Sidesinger was released from the hospital for heart failure in February 2024, he was taken to jail for unpaid court costs and fees, totaling about $1,500. Within 48 hours, he ...

This story was co-published with Truthout. Between 2016 and 2025, Michelle Shoemaker spent more than $1,000 on songs and games for her tablet — a rudimentary, prison-approved device she purchased from ...

Faced with transphobia and repression, people imprisoned in Washington State are still finding ways to celebrate Pride. Erica R. Meiners, Jaime Sauceda, Ye Qing J.

Faced with transphobia and repression, people imprisoned in Washington State are still finding ways to celebrate Pride. Erica R. Meiners, Jaime Sauceda, Ye Qing J.

For almost a decade, the NYPD has battled lawsuits, whistleblowers, and press exposés alleging that the department enforces a “quota” system that requires officers to log a certain number of arrests ...

In 1983, Isadore Rozeman, a jeweler in Shreveport, Louisiana, was shot once in the back of the head in a robbery gone wrong. In 1984, Glenn Ford was convicted of his murder. Ford continually ...

On a recent Friday morning during arraignments in Rhode Island’s Sixth District Court, a dozen police officers filled the front row of the gallery. As the judge called defendants to the bench, a ...

Amer Zada was granted parole on Feb. 21, 2018, after serving almost 40 years for sexual abuse and murder, crimes he maintains he did not commit. Now 57, Zada has not been free since he was a teenager.