The case of Patrick Jones, the first federal prisoner to die from COVID-19, epitomizes national debates about criminal justice reform.

Orders at Oakdale in Louisiana help explain COVID-19 spread.

As COVID-19 fear grows among prisoners and guards, concerns rise about possible unrest.

During the COVID-19 crisis, people coming home after decades behind bars find loved ones in quarantine, dire job prospects and overwhelmed social services agencies.

While some cities free people from jail and stop arrests, others are much more business as usual.

Colorado abolished capital punishment. But COVID-19 is pausing it everywhere else.

Families fret about isolated youth behind bars.

“Kinda defeats the ban on visitation, which was to protect inmates and mainly staff,” critic says.

“We now have no idea what’s going on inside.”