Strip searches serve as weapons of humiliation rather than security measures. In March 2018, J’Allen Jones, a 31-year-old ...

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During the last years of his life, Shane Kendall, an autistic teenager, was locked up inside Atlanta’s notoriously dangerous Fulton County Jail. In an interview, his parents told The Appeal that when ...

State and federal governments have moved to criminalize trans people, parents of trans children, and healthcare providers.

Wells shared that Tyré was named by his godmother, Latanya Yizar, who has since passed away. She confirmed that she would ...

The Appeal—and much of the media—has been misspelling Tyré Nichols’ name for years.

Since 2013, changes to state laws, local ordinances, and court rulings have led to bail reforms in 24 states. Each jurisdiction has had its own unique road to reform, but their cumulative experiences ...

This story is part of the Inside/Out Journalism Project by Type Investigations, which works with incarcerated reporters to produce ambitious, feature-length investigations, with support from the ...

This week’s private prison earnings calls make clear that Trump’s racist reign of terror has been great for business. “I would like to share how excited I am ...