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 local news outlets and publishing partners to expose inequities in the ...

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

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

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 ...

More than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits ...

Bolts closely covers local and state elections and their ramifications for civil rights, voting rights, and criminal justice. Here find our coverage of the 2023 elections in Pennsylvania, scheduled ...