But the use of capital punishment has waned in the United States since the late 1990s, giving rise to an increasingly widespread uncertainty: What does a death sentence mean when it may never be ...

Opponents of the death penalty are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, fearing it will herald a new round ...

Uncovering cycles of moral panic: Drug crises often trigger waves of moral panic, leading to punitive measures. Historians show how these cycles—like those seen with the crack epidemic and the War on ...

Johnny Pippins hopes to use a criminology PhD to help other inmates find stability and success while incarcerated.

One of the first things President-elect Donald Trump has promised under his second reign is mass deportations of the ...

Reps. Laurel Lee and Hank Johnson introduce House bill to fight alarming rate of sex assaults against federal corrections officers in the Bureau of Prisons.

On a blistering fall afternoon, even by Louisiana’s standards, mainly Black incarcerated people cling tightly to bucking ...

Legislators will consider a new law allowing Wyoming judges to issue permanent, lifetime protection orders. Victims of sex assault, stalking and ...

With Donald Trump’s vows to radically revise the US immigration system, Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, said deportations should ...

I am Sereyrath “One” Van, currently incarcerated at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the largest Immigration and Customs ...

By making laws that restrict the rights of formerly incarcerated individuals, their sense of belonging and value in society ...

President-elect Donald Trump has said he would pardon people who have been prosecuted for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S ...