California

News October 18

Neko Wilson to be released in the first test of California’s felony murder law.

By Abbie VanSickle

Analysis August 30

The first state to abolish cash bail. Why are proponents so unhappy?

By Abbie VanSickle

The California Experiment June 6

Candidates backed by Soros, others are still pressing ahead in other parts of the country.

By Abbie VanSickle and Maurice Chammah

The California Experiment May 10

A cop killing in California fuels a reform backlash.

By Abbie VanSickle and Richard Winton

The California Experiment April 23

The Catalyst

Thelton Henderson transformed California’s criminal justice system. Now comes the backlash.

By Abbie VanSickle

News January 7

A California county will issue refunds to parents wrongly billed for their kids’ incarceration.

By Eli Hager

News November 30, 2017

What it’s like to spend your teenage years tethered to Big Brother.

Christopher, as told to Eli Hager

News November 21, 2017

Lawsuits say the practice severely penalizes those too poor to pay.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

The Frame October 23, 2017

Photographer Brian L. Frank captures the lives of men on the fire lines and at home in prison conservation camps.

By Celina Fang

News October 11, 2017

The change comes months after a Marshall Project investigation.

By Eli Hager