Criminal Justice

The brick exterior of the Cook County Jail in Chicago

Chicago Jail Has Largest Cluster of COVID-19 Cases in the Country

By Shani Saxon

women with their backs to the camera can be seen dialing numbers on blue pay phones from prison.

Civil Rights Advocates Demand Free Phone Calls for Incarcerated People

By Shani Saxon

Close up shot of a Correction Department badge on an officer at the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center at Rikers Island, in the Bronx, New York.

New York's Rollback of Cash Bail Reform Endangers Communities of Color

By Shani Saxon

Incarcerated youth. Young Black boys wearing white t-shirts and black shorts sit in chairs with their backs to the camera.

Advocates Demand Release of Incarcerated Youth During COVID-19 Crisis

By Shani Saxon

Single file line of bald headed men, black and white in blue prison uniforms lined up with one hand on the person's shoulder in front of them.

How Bill Barr’s COVID-19 Prisoner Release Plan Could Favor White People

By Eli Hager, The Marshall Project

A row of prison cells with a person's arms shown hanging through some of the bars.

Incarcerated People Sue for Access to Soap and Hand Sanitizer

By Shani Saxon