Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity, Valena Beety examines how women and queer ...

The Washington State Supreme Court will rule on whether Amber Kim, who is trans, can return to a women’s prison.

Public defenders say judges routinely fail to consider whether defendants can afford bail, leaving people jailed on low-level charges.

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 ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 15 Minnesota residents with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer after they participated in protests against ICE’s mass deportation campaign in ...

This story was published in partnership with In These Times. The Trump administration has doled out billions of taxpayer dollars to corporations tasked with carrying out its mass deportation agenda.

On GEO Group’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, CEO George Zoley called litigation against immigration jails “unprecedented” and “unconstitutional.” “There’s been litigation regarding overseeing ...

Attorneys with the New Jersey public defender’s office are seeking a new trial for Maria Montalvo, a former nurse who was convicted of burning her children to death more than two decades ago. Montalvo ...

Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state’s mandatory punishment of life without parole for felony murder, ruling that it violates the state’s constitutional prohibition against ...

A federal lawsuit filed by West Virginia prisoners alleges that Aramark Corporation serves inedible, low-quality food in its prison cafeterias to drive customers to its food-for-purchase programs.

This story is being co-published by In These Times and The Appeal. Leading for-profit prison companies donated about half a million dollars to Republican members of Congress currently in office, and ...

This article was co-published with Solitary Watch and Truthout. Grainy footage, filmed with contraband cell phones, forms the backbone of The Alabama Solution, a 2025 Oscar-nominated documentary that ...