Ahead of the presidential debate, setting the record straight on a hot-button immigration issue.

Why people get sentenced to “weekend jail.”

For forensic artists, a sketch is more than just gray hair and wrinkles.

Why judges sometimes opt for sandwich boards, chicken suits, and other embarrassing punishments.

How some inmates hack, rewire, and retool their radios to create walkie-talkies.

Why they’re disappearing, which states still use them, and what really happens during those overnight visits.

The many ways we recycle vacant prisons.