Mass Incarceration
A Military Tech Giant Is Using Prison Labor To Make Electronics
Incarcerated workers are making components for the military contractor BAE Systems—and only keeping a fraction of their paychecks.
Black Man Shot by Cops and Framed for Rape Was Just Exonerated After 19 Years
Termaine Hicks is 45 and has been in prison since he was 26 for a crime the DA's office now concedes he didn't commit.
The Defund the Police Movement is Coming for the DEA
Critics say the Drug Enforcement Administration has fueled mass incarceration and is a “100 percent failure” at curbing drug trafficking.
Can San Francisco's New DA Change the Way We Think About Crime?
On his third full day on the job, he fired the heads of the gang and homicide units, and at least five other prosecutors.
Bloomberg Campaign Says It’ll Cut Ties With a Company That Used Prison Labor
"We didn't know about this and we never would have allowed it if we had,” Bloomberg spokesperson Julie Wood said in a statement.
Democrats Are Racing to Look Progressive on Drugs
Sanders and Warren supporting safe injection sites shows how far we've come since the 80s.
'Welcome to a Shithole': Most U.S. Prisons Are Filled with Toxic Waste
Our jails are overflowing with raw sewage, leaky ceilings, mold and insects. Some cities are trying to fix the damage.
Sandra Bland Recorded Her Traffic Stop. Now the Footage Is Out.
Bland was jailed after an encounter with a Texas cop over a minor traffic violation. Three days later she was found hanged in her cell.
The Story of 03 Greedo, a Genius in Exile
We followed the West coast rapper one week before he turned himself in for a 20 year prison sentence, halting his rise as the standard-bearer of L.A.'s rap scene.
Humanizing Portraits of Mentally Ill Inmates at Cook County Jail
The jail has become the largest mental health care provider in the US.
Here's Fresh Evidence the Drug War Is a 'Horrific Failure'
"The international drug control system promised a world free of drugs, but has delivered the exact opposite."
Florida's Prisoners Are Getting Screwed Out of $11 Million of Music They Purchased
A new multimedia tablet program means that inmates will be unable to keep the mp3s and players they purchased under a previous for-profit program.