This county lockup in Flint goes far beyond most in promoting civic engagement. But the jail still cuts people off from the ...

The passage of Prop 36 marks a return to harsher punishments for some drug and theft crimes. Advocates worry it will also ...

Alaska’s predominantly Native regions delivered huge margins against repealing the state’s new elections system, despite ...

This article was published as a collaboration between Bolts and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering ...

Daja E. Henry reports on local criminal justice stories in Mississippi. She is a staff writer for The Marshall Project.

Caleb Bedillion delves into prisons, police and courts. He is a staff writer for The Marshall Project, and collaborates with ...

Ohioans on Tuesday rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have created a new independent redistricting commission and stripped elected politicians of their power to draw congressional and ...

Cynthia Mendoza’s first pregnancy, in the free world, was a time of enveloping love and anticipation. But in 2006, six months into her second pregnancy, Mendoza was arrested and jailed pre-trial in a ...