As a suicide prevention aide, I had to make sure my fellow detainees didn’t harm themselves. It was surprisingly easy to get ...

In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments”.

Experts warn about a wave of legal consequences for parents like the Crumbleys, while some states consider prosecutions for ...

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Recent lawsuits regarding the rights of incarcerated people and guards include gender, religious discrimination, and the ...

Billman will lead “Investigate This,” a new initiative to help more local newsrooms do criminal justice reporting.

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Charles Caldwell was never meant to have a voice. Mississippi’s White ruling class made sure of it. He was part of Mississippi’s silenced majority in 1860 — 436,600 enslaved people to 354,000 White ...

For more than a century, Mississippi has imposed a lifetime voting ban on people convicted of various offenses, including arson, forgery and bigamy. Called “disenfranchisement,” the removal of a ...