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 ...

CoreCivic CEO: Trump Administration Plans Will ‘Supercharge’ the Private Prison Industry In a quarterly earnings call, the private prison company told investors that it plans to expand its operations ...

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.

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

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

Judge Orders Changes to Louisiana Prison Labor Program Likened to ‘19th Century Slavery’ Incarcerated laborers on Angola’s Farm Line face “substantial risk of injury or death” during extreme heat, a ...

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 ...

Incarcerated people have testified before state lawmakers about legislation that would directly impact their lives, including bills to change the cost of prison communications and rein in extreme ...