Coronavirus
March 31
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.
Analysis
November 14
How “free Mets tickets” for teens became a flashpoint in debate over looming bail reform law.
News
September 25, 2019
An unwed father hopes his case will change the way courts decide what it means to be a parent.
Life Inside
September 19
“The runaways, the mobsters, the pimps—they saw me as someone credible, someone who didn’t judge them.”
News
September 19
The state’s byzantine felony disenfranchisement laws keep hundreds of thousands of formerly incarcerated residents from registering to vote.
News
July 18
In New York City, officers are illegally using information from arrests that have been sealed, according to a lawsuit. The practice is legal in more than two dozen states.
Life Inside
July 11
“Despite everything I have accomplished, this is still happening to me.”
Commentary
May 31
It's Time to Change the Way the Media Covers Crime
Ava DuVernay's 'When They See Us' revisits the Central Park jogger case. Here’s what we’ve learned since then
Feature
March 22, 2019
Can New York City build its way out of mass incarceration?
News
March 14
Judges have drastically cut back on bail and jail in criminal cases, a new study shows. And defendants are still showing up in court.