Louisiana’s high court considers the fate of more than 1,000 people serving sentences handed down by “Jim Crow juries.”Reginald Reddick is serving life in prison in Louisiana for second-degree murder, … read more

After years of warnings about broken fire alarms, two men have now died in blazes at Texas prisons.The last time the other prisoners saw Jacinto De La Garza alive, he had his face pressed against the … read more

Recently reunited with his 10-year-old daughter, Demetrius Buckley struggles to push past the barriers of a maximum security prison to be present for his curious, whip-smart little girl.Ever since I r … read more

Like many states, New York has a bail law that is half a century old. The legal rules that in 2010 made it possible for 16-year-old Kalief Browder to be jailed on Rikers Island for three years for all … read more

I entered prison at 15, lost and illiterate. A lot of the guys I knew were too ashamed to admit that they didn’t know how to read, but I wasn’t. I taught myself how. I would take a novel and look up e … read more