Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center often makes news for its celebrities, but hundreds of others at the jail face inhumane conditions.

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Trump's Justice Department has removed questions about gender identity and trans people from at least four federal surveys.

A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has defunded the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.

Prosecutors have filed or are considering filing 187 charges against 66 pro-Palestine, anti-Israel campus protesters from Gaza encampments.

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

Even though a federal jury found him not guilty of murder, he was sentenced to life in prison. Virginia prosecutors want to keep it that way.

In America, judges, juries, and prosecutors can still exhibit clear signs of anti-LGBTQ+ bias when giving people a death sentence.

According to FBI data, the U.S. is about as safe as it’s ever been. So why is tough-on-crime rhetoric on the rise?

Many cities have created non-police crisis response teams. These unarmed first responders often answer 911 calls for mental health crises.

Securus Technologies says a "technical glitch" last week caused the deletion of Washington prisoners' writings. They offered compensation of two e-stamps—a value of less than $1.