Chicago’s public defenders are among the best-resourced in Illinois, but even there, massive case loads have attorneys and investigators stretched paper-thin. The Cook County Jail has swelled under ...

The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated ...

Congress is poised to pour tens of billions of dollars into more immigration detention, private jails, and border operations, plus new ICE partnerships with local police and sheriffs.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks to reporters in January in New Orleans. A new law which dramatically restricts the ability of prisoners to seek post-conviction relief, has been a ...

Audience engagement editor Noble Ingram is the audience engagement editor for Bolts. He focuses on facilitating conversations between readers and the newsroom and has worked for a variety of news ...

As always, this guide is not an exhaustive list of all elections in May, but just our selection of the races to monitor. Voters are also deciding city councilors and county commissioners all around ...

Raúl Grijalva, a progressive member of Congress from Arizona, passed away in March, and the race to replace him starts in July. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP) We’re only days removed from ...

Candidates bring up a criminal case that occurred on their opponent’s watch, and use it to attack them for being too lenient.

In this complex chamber, some Democrats and independents are caucusing with the GOP while two Republicans don’t. The GOP hopes to strengthen its numbers, and many districts could change hands based on ...

Kentucky, Mississippi, and Virginia are selecting their state officials on Nov. 7. But hundreds of thousands of people with felony convictions are barred from voting in these states, which have some ...