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.
Case in Point
June 6
A Pennsylvania case illustrates a national problem: People with psychiatric illnesses often remain incarcerated while they wait for a hospital bed.
The Frame
October 4, 2018
A Pennsylvania artist draws hundreds of fellow inmates to show the scale of mass incarceration.
Life Inside
November 17, 2016
“Her eyes were slightly open, but vacant.”
Feature
October 26, 2016
In this federal prison, inmates have a choice: live with a violent cellmate or end up in shackles.
Case in Point
September 22, 2016
In Pennsylvania, the heart of solitary confinement reform, an intellectually disabled inmate says he’s been held in wretched isolation for 36 years.
Commentary
June 9, 2016
Poster Child
How Terrance Williams became the face of the death penalty debate in Pennsylvania.
News
November 3, 2015
An expensive, tough-on-crime race tests the current system.
News
August 11, 2015
A closer look at get-tough DAs.