After a moral panic about crime, San Francisco’s billionaires and political leaders demanded more arrests. Pretrial detainees ...

Most people in prison can’t vote. That doesn’t mean they aren’t paying attention. We asked 20 people in prison what they want ...

“Just like people in society, incarcerated people have a desire to participate in our elections. We have thoughts and views ...

For people trapped in prison for decades, simple things like book clubs can be a lifeline and help people cope with the ...

Changes in state law mean that many more people with felony convictions will be voting in 2024 than in previous elections.

Even though the United Nations considers more than 15 days of solitary confinement a form of torture, American prisons still use the practice.

More than 20,000 people are incarcerated in Florida jails and prisons located in counties subject to evacuation orders. Many officials are refusing to evacuate them. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, a former ...

A second Trump term is not only more dangerous for undocumented people and asylum seekers than life under a Democratic president. It’s poised to be catastrophic. Carlos met his wife in a dance club in ...

The Appeal has created the first national database of prison commissary lists. Using the tool below, you can access full lists from the vast majority of U.S. states and see prices for many products ...

Over the past year, hundreds of thousands of college students across the country banded together to demand an end to the U.S.-backed attacks on Gaza, which have killed tens of thousands of ...