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

“If You Want to Live, Don’t Drink the Water” After mystery illnesses and toxic reports, prisoners at California’s Mule Creek State Prison worry their water is killing them. Nathan Blalock ...

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.

Federal prosecutors have filed charges against at least two people for allegedly damaging Tesla property and are seeking five-year sentences.

LA’s Wildfires Threaten Almost 40 Prisons and Jails. Here’s How They’re Responding. The Appeal contacted 38 facilities to ask how they’re preparing for air quality issues and possible evacuations and ...

Emails show Virginia Department of Corrections officials discussing how to punish people at Red Onion State Prison who self-immolated.

As Climate Change Worsens, Deadly Prison Heat Is Increasingly an Everywhere Problem With heat waves sweeping across the country, incarcerated people in states with traditionally milder climates are ...

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

Vermont has launched "Circles of Support," in which volunteers make sure formerly incarcerated people are able to thrive after prison.