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 ...

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

Justin Heap, an Arizona lawmaker who has pushed for severe voting restrictions and whose campaign was led by an indicted 2020 ...

Ohioans on Tuesday rejected Issue 1, a ballot measure that would have created a new independent redistricting commission and stripped elected politicians of their power to draw congressional and ...

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

Caleb Bedillion delves into prisons, police and courts. He is a staff writer for The Marshall Project, and collaborates with local news outlets and publishing partners to expose inequities in the ...