Orders at Oakdale in Louisiana help explain COVID-19 spread.

Medically vulnerable immigrants in ICE detention sue for release before coronavirus arrives.

During the COVID-19 crisis, people coming home after decades behind bars find loved ones in quarantine, dire job prospects and overwhelmed social services agencies.

“I tell my husband to keep my son in another room, while I put my uniform in a trash bag and take a long shower.”

Only 7 percent of black men would be deemed low-risk enough to get out using the federal prison system’s risk assessment tool, according to an analysis.

While some cities free people from jail and stop arrests, others are much more business as usual.

Early data suggests criminal incidents are down in several cities under stay-at-home orders.

Despite coronavirus, crowding continues inside California’s system.

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