This county lockup in Flint goes far beyond most in promoting civic engagement. But the jail still cuts people off from the ...

The passage of Prop 36 marks a return to harsher punishments for some drug and theft crimes. Advocates worry it will also ...

Alaska’s predominantly Native regions delivered huge margins against repealing the state’s new elections system, despite ...

This article was published as a collaboration between Bolts and The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering ...

Caleb Bedillion delves into prisons, police and courts. He is a staff writer for The Marshall Project, and collaborates with ...

Daja E. Henry reports on local criminal justice stories in Mississippi. She is a staff writer for The Marshall Project.

Cynthia Mendoza’s first pregnancy, in the free world, was a time of enveloping love and anticipation. But in 2006, six months into her second pregnancy, Mendoza was arrested and jailed pre-trial in a ...