Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center often makes news for its celebrities, but hundreds of others at the jail face inhumane conditions.

“If You Want to Live, Don’t Drink the Water” After mystery illnesses and toxic reports, prisoners at California’s Mule Creek State Prison worry their water is killing them. Nathan Blalock ...

A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has defunded the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.

Prosecutors have filed or are considering filing 187 charges against 66 pro-Palestine, anti-Israel campus protesters from Gaza encampments.

The “shoplifting panic” myth let cops buy facial recognition software, drones, license plate readers, surveillance tech, and more.

Federal prosecutors have filed charges against at least two people for allegedly damaging Tesla property and are seeking five-year sentences.

Private Prison Exec Calls Mass Deportation Plans ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’ GEO Group Chairman George Zoley said the company stands to gain up to $1 billion in additional revenue from detaining and ...

Trump's executive order eliminating transgender rights in prison will hurt or kill trans prisoners, experts warn.

LA’s Wildfires Threaten Almost 40 Prisons and Jails. Here’s How They’re Responding. The Appeal contacted 38 facilities to ask how they’re preparing for air quality issues and possible evacuations and ...

In America, judges, juries, and prosecutors can still exhibit clear signs of anti-LGBTQ+ bias when giving people a death sentence.

Today, The Appeal published Locked In, Priced Out, a project that includes a first-of-its-kind database of prison commissary lists from 46 states. This project also examines the availability, prices, ...

On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation's largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable victory for advocates ...