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.

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

As Climate Change Worsens, Deadly Prison Heat Is Increasingly an Everywhere Problem With heat waves sweeping across the country, incarcerated people in states with traditionally milder climates are ...

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, ...

How Incarcerated People Are Building Political Power in Washington State Incarcerated people have testified before state lawmakers about legislation that would directly impact their lives, including ...

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 ...

St. Clair County and Genessee County, Michigan, allegedly banned in-person jail visits in order to profit from Securus and GTL fees.

The New Jersey Comptroller’s office found that a police training company gave racist, violent advice. Ban pretextual traffic stops instead.