Coronavirus
December 18, 2020
Even as the first Americans begin to receive vaccines, the spread of coronavirus behind bars shows no sign of slowing.
Coronavirus
July 16
But not because of COVID-19 releases.
Coronavirus
March 23
Colorado abolished capital punishment. But COVID-19 is pausing it everywhere else.
News
January 27
New lawsuits by transgender people challenge bans on name changes for those convicted of crimes.
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, 2019
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.