With in-person visits suspended nationwide, people with loved ones behind bars say they’re being left in the dark.

“I'd give anything to trade places with you right now.”

New placements, family visits and child-abuse investigations falter across the country.

Detainees say officials give them little information and are not doing enough to reduce their risk.

Colorado abolished capital punishment. But COVID-19 is pausing it everywhere else.

Families fret about isolated youth behind bars.

Some sheriffs, prosecutors and defenders scramble to move people from local jails, potential petri dishes for infection.

Case confirmed at Elizabeth, N.J., facility currently holding almost 200 detainees.

“Kinda defeats the ban on visitation, which was to protect inmates and mainly staff,” critic says.

Those 55 and older are a growing share of the people in state prisons. They’re also the most at risk as coronavirus spreads.