The officer also asked the woman to cover up that another Rikers guard sexually assaulted her.

A 2020 investigation by The Marshall Project exposed how prison operator MTC billed the state millions for ghost workers.

DeSantis made a spectacle of arresting voters with felony convictions. Now, some eligible voters are opting out of midterms even beyond Florida.

Overcrowding, violence and abuse proliferate at jails across the country, as staffing problems make long-simmering problems worse.

While prisoners protest unsafe conditions, “it just doesn’t let up,” say advocates.

Inspired by European models, the new Bureau of Prisons director built a Japanese garden in one penitentiary and made official language less demeaning. But some are skeptical of lasting reform.

After reading a Marshall Project/NPR investigation, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn’t helping.

After decades of a “lock them up” approach, voters put progressives in key criminal justice posts. Now a rise in violent crime is their toughest challenge yet.

The governor signed the state’s first law restricting isolation for youth after two suicides and an investigation by The Marshall Project, ProPublica and NBC News into harsh conditions in a new juvenile facility.

Following a Marshall Project/NPR report detailing violence and abuse at the newest federal penitentiary, three members of Congress asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate.