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

Despite coronavirus, crowding continues inside California’s system.

A new Marshall Project effort has collected data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among prisoners and prison staff. Here’s what we know after one month of reporting.

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.

Struggling with “that caged animal feeling” during the coronavirus pandemic.

As COVID-19 fear grows among prisoners and guards, concerns rise about possible unrest.

Some sheriffs are buying ultraviolet light machines traditionally used by hospitals.

Some relatives can’t claim bodies or hold funerals amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Handwashing and sanitizers may make people on the outside safer. But in prison it can be impossible to follow public health advice.

Coronavirus has made Texas prison food even more gross.

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.

“If there’s one thing people who spent a long time in prison have acquired, it’s the ability to adapt.”

In Chicago and elsewhere, the number of people wearing an ankle monitor has jumped in recent months due to the pandemic.

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

While their mental health deteriorates, some are stuck in jail as hospitals are decreasing admissions to prevent the spread of infections.

“I have a bad feeling about this,” says the former mayor of Palestine, Texas.

With about 200,000 people flowing into and out of jails every week, there are great risks not only for the detained, but also for jail workers and surrounding communities.

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

Prisoners made furniture and license plates during the pandemic, according to workers and families. Some plants are now making face masks.

The case of Patrick Jones, the first federal prisoner to die from COVID-19, epitomizes national debates about criminal justice reform.

As COVID-19 infections soar, prisoners and corrections officers worry that transferring people between facilities is causing outbreaks.

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

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

California and New York City are booking hotels so homeless people released from jail don’t accelerate the pandemic.

Without ventilators, prisons lean on local hospitals to care for coronavirus victims.

A new lawsuit says crowded meals and dorms increase coronavirus risk.

The United States is about to find out as officials struggle to contain the coronavirus.

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

Social distancing is pressing officials across the country to skip traditional methods such as jailing people for “technical violations” like missing check-ins.

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

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

Youth lockups are supposed to rehabilitate kids, not punish them. The pandemic is making that harder than ever.

Racial disparities grew in five cities as arrests fell, according to our new data analysis.

For many people leaving prison during the pandemic, closed DMVs mean closed doors.

As officials cut jail populations, researchers and advocates explore what more can be done.

Reports of domestic abuse in three cities have dropped. But police and experts say that may be a problem.

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

As states and cities face budget shortfalls amid the COVID-19 crisis, many courts seek payments largely owed by the poor.

The Marshall Project and The Associated Press collected data on COVID-19 infections in state and federal prisons every week. See how the virus affected correctional facilities near you.

SBA says people with criminal records aren't eligible for some emergency loans, even though experts say the law doesn't exclude them.

With grand juries suspended, people who get arrested lose a route out.

As COVID-19 spread earlier this year, prison facilities across the country suspended visits from family and lawyers. Several months into the pandemic, some states are easing those restrictions. We’re rounding up the changes as they occur.

The Bureau of Prisons was unprepared and slow to respond. Then officials took steps that helped spread the virus.

Prisons turn out to be a key place to study how coronavirus spreads and how immunity to it works.

Even as the first Americans begin to receive vaccines, the spread of coronavirus behind bars shows no sign of slowing.

As if coronavirus wasn’t bad enough, plumbing problems are making life in some Texas prisons even more miserable.

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

Many educators found workarounds now that they can no longer enter the prisons. But they fear the coronavirus could undermine a critical component: teaching in person.

Closed courts, faulty technology and delays in post-release programs are among a range of barriers keeping a population prime for release behind bars.

A county trying to reopen its economy wrestles with a virus outbreak in prison.

Health experts say not testing staff could be a blind spot.

The Bureau of Prisons reports 110 confirmed cases among 17,000 prisoners—and that may be an undercount.

Families fret about isolated youth behind bars.

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.

Fatal victims illuminate women’s unique problems in prison, and the all-too-common ways they get there in the first place.

People who live and work in prisons worry they remain vulnerable, even as life behind bars returns to business as usual.

Volunteers who monitor courts across the country say they are getting little access to online-only proceedings.

Voting rights for people in jail is becoming another casualty of COVID-19.

Despite CDC advice to vaccinate prisoners quickly, two-thirds of states lag behind the general population.

Amid speculation of a spike in abuse, advocates worry that families of color will be policed even more.

Some prison systems aren’t collecting race data. Others won’t disclose it. Experts say these are big mistakes.

Critics call high-tech maps overreach, but police say they keep officers safe.

But not because of COVID-19 releases.