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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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