Incarceration

More than 120 federal prisons nationwide are unable to participate in special programs and recreation, have visitation with lawyers or family, or get hot meals at the cafeteria, according to a federal public defender.

Commissioner Lon Shell said the tool will help policymakers monitor trends and make decisions about changes to the criminal justice system.

From Texas Standard:In late August, Edwin Debrow left a Texas state prison at age 40, after spending almost 28 years incarcerated. He was convicted of…

June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.For hundreds of thousands of African-Americans stuck in…

Incarcerated women in Texas have access to fewer educational and vocational programs compared to incarcerated men, a new study finds.The study, released…

Jorge Renaud sits at a table in a dim room lit by string lights. He is surrounded by shelves of books, hunched over a box with dozens of letters from…