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An illustration shows the back of a prisoner being surrounded by several screaming individuals coming out of floating news screens. In the background, there is a distant prison.
Life Inside December 16, 2022
Despite Sensationalist Media Coverage, the Famous People at My Prison Aren’t in Any Special Danger
Celebrities get a lot of attention on both sides of the wall. But ultimately, we are all the same: warehoused property.
By Anthony Accurso as told to Keri Blakinger
Carol Nesteikis says she has paid over $150,000 to live in the condominium that she purchased to keep her son with intellectual disabilities in compliance with the rules of the sex offender registry.
News September 13, 2019
When People with Intellectual Disabilities Are Punished, Parents Pay the Price
A sex offense conviction can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By Chiara Eisner
Feature October 3, 2018
Banished
After passing a series of restrictive housing laws, Miami-Dade County faces an odd predicament: bands of nomadic sex offenders and a cat-and-mouse game to move them.
By Beth Schwartzapfel and Emily Kassie
A 2010 photo of a facility for sex offenders in Moose Lake, Minn., that housed more than 400 men who have completed their prison sentence.
News September 24, 2017
What To Do With Violent Sex Offenders
The Supreme Court considers whether “civil commitment” is just prison by another name.
By Maurice Chammah
ViewFinder September 17, 2017
Shawna: A Life on the Sex Offender Registry
A young mother struggles with life on the sex offender registry.
David Feige
Case in Point February 20, 2017
The Man Arrested for Praising Jesus
Lester Packingham’s Facebook post is headed for the Supreme Court
By Andrew Cohen
Chris Hansen, the host of “Crime Watch Daily.”
Q&A January 22, 2017
The Return of ‘To Catch a Predator’
Talking to Chris Hansen as he revives his trademark stings.
By Maurice Chammah
A group of registered sex offenders gather at Carson City Hall in Carson, Calif., demanding an end to restrictions on visiting fast-food restaurants, parks, libraries and other public areas. The city eventually rescinded some of its restrictions under pressure of a lawsuit.
News October 5, 2016
Making the Case Against Banishing Sex Offenders
Legislators won’t touch the subject, but courts are proving more sympathetic.
By Maurice Chammah
Case in Point August 29, 2016
The Accuser’s Mom Called Her a ‘Pathological Liar.’ Nobody Told the Defense.
So George Gage sits in prison. And guess what happened to the prosecutor.
By Andrew Cohen
Yantz taking a smoke break in December, not far from the three-quarter house where he’s lived since his release.
News May 24, 2016
For Some Prisoners, Finishing Their Sentences Doesn’t Mean They Get Out
The special problem of being a sex offender.
By Christie Thompson
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