The U.S. Sentencing Commission, required by law to be bipartisan, helps set prison terms for more than 70,000 people every year.

“When people are in need, they don’t give a shit where you’re from or what your history is.”

In Texas, prisoners are opening their cells to chat—and to riot.

Memes and billboards are calling for arresting the three officers. But what does Kentucky law say?

Critics say mayors should be wary as the Justice Department expands law-enforcement task forces.

Many prisons, especially in the South, are named after racist officials and former plantations.

Mental-health problems, short staffing plague a Texas lockup in COVID lockdown.

But is it legal? A California appeals court is going to decide.

Police asked the show to edit out officers using violence or bad language. The company says it had other reasons for not airing the footage.

“You have to use a lot of force, or you are going to die.”