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Life Inside January 14
People in the Scandal-Plagued Federal Prison System Reveal What They Need in a New Director
“This is kind of like AA: To move forward, first you have to admit there’s a problem.”
By Keri Blakinger
Angela Bapp testified before the House Armed Services Committee, which was examining the role of the commander of prosecutions for sexual assaults in the military.
News July 30, 2019
A Unique Military Program Helps Sexual Assault Survivors. But Not All of Them.
The military gives lawyers to victims. But civilians—who make up hundreds of cases a year—are left to fend for themselves.
By Joseph Darius Jaafari
Life Inside April 4, 2019
The Day I Didn’t Serve on a Jury in a Sex Assault Case
“As I left the courthouse it dawned on me that the judge had assumed the role of therapist.”
By Andrew Cohen
Life Inside September 20, 2018
When Prisoners Say #MeToo
“Amazing, isn’t it, that a movement can ripple so widely?”
By Jerry Metcalf
Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick in South Bend, Ind., in 2015.
Commentary August 14, 2018
Medium-Security Monastery: McCarrick House Arrest Skirts Civil Justice System
Accused priests face church-imposed “prayer and penance,” but not courts.
Susan E. Gallagher
Life Inside February 8, 2018
My Sexual Harassers Were Behind Bars. I Was Their Guard.
“I’ve seen more men masturbate than I can count.”
By Talisa J. Carter
Cyntoia Brown in 2006 in a still from "Me Facing Life," a 2011 documentary about Brown's case.
Commentary December 1, 2017
Cyntoia Brown and Our Twisted System
The process that sent a teenage sex-trafficking victim to prison for life didn’t fail. It worked as it was designed to.
By Donovan X. Ramsey
Life Inside August 17, 2017
I Thought Being Gay Was a Sin Until I Saw My Friend Suffer in Prison
A Christian inmate confronts his own beliefs.
By James King
In a lawsuit by a woman who was sexually assaulted by a jail officer, federal courts dismissed claims that the administrators of the Hale County Jail in Texas should be held liable for the incident.
Case in Point July 17, 2017
Who Pays for Jail Rape?
Under “qualified immunity,” often no one.
By Andrew Cohen
Donald Trump during a campaign rally in West Palm Beach, Fla in October.
Analysis October 17, 2016
Could Donald Trump Have Gone to Jail for Groping a Woman?
How various states punish the act.
By Maurice Chammah
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