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

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 ...

New York Senator Makes the Case for Defunding the NYPD “These changes won’t be made unless we demand them loudly and relentlessly,” says state Senator Julia Salazar. May 31, 2020 in New York City ...

Many cities have created non-police crisis response teams. These unarmed first responders often answer 911 calls for mental health crises.

The Shadowy World of Jailhouse Informants: Explained In 2006, Ann Colomb and her three sons were convicted of running one of the largest crack cocaine distribution rings in Louisiana. Federal ...

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

Sports venues like the new SoFi Stadium have been crushing poor communities around the country for over a century.

Freddie Gray, Five Years Later On the anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising protests, new evidence in Gray’s death uncovers suppressed witness accounts of police brutality. Illustration by Daniel ...

The Camden Police Department Is Not A Model For Policing In The Post-George Floyd Era The New Jersey department received slavish media praise after it was disbanded and reoriented toward community ...

According to FBI data, the U.S. is about as safe as it’s ever been. So why is tough-on-crime rhetoric on the rise?

What Happens When Community Violence Intervention Gets the Support It Needs to Thrive? As cities look to make new investments in non-police responses to gun violence, the Bull City United program in ...

New Jersey prison officials have quietly rolled back a policy that made it easier for transgender people to be housed in facilities that align with their gender identity, following a media firestorm ...