Coronavirus
March 28
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.
Coronavirus
March 24
New placements, family visits and child-abuse investigations falter across the country.
Coronavirus
March 23
Families fret about isolated youth behind bars.
Feature
February 11
Every year, thousands of children are removed from their homes by officials who fear for their safety—only to be returned within days. It “felt like being kidnapped,” one said.
Justice Lab
January 30
The Supreme Court ended automatic life without parole for children. What replaces it remains unclear.
News
January 17
Despite statewide legalization, some counties ban probationers and parolees from using medical marijuana. So the chronically ill turn to less effective and more addictive prescription drugs.
News
January 16
A lawsuit filed by St. Louis's first black female prosecutor highlights the virulent opposition progressive black women in the role say they have encountered.
Analysis
December 13
An eerily similar crime in New York this week will test public attitudes about juvenile justice.
Life Inside
December 5
After my mother was diagnosed with cancer, she married the love of her life even though he was still behind bars. Then he got sick, too.
Analysis
November 14
How “free Mets tickets” for teens became a flashpoint in debate over looming bail reform law.