Fulton county prosecutors have signaled they want prison sentences in the Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump and his top allies, Hugo Lowell reports for The Guardian. Trump, his former White House... Read more »
Since 2006, at least 14 Mississippians have died after being placed in jail during a civil commitment process, a common practice in the state that is purportedly for their own safety and... Read more »
A new report released by the ACLU of Alabama estimates that 141 of the 876 bills introduced during the session (16 percent) could potentially increase the number of inmates in Alabama prisons,... Read more »
A recent study of criminal cases in Philadelphia over ten years found that privately retained or court-appointed private lawyers failed to appear in court at least once in 36 percent of their... Read more »
A Fulton County, Georgia inmate’s recent death highlights systematic failures within Fulton’s jail and across its criminal justice system, Dylan Jackson reports for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Samuel Lawrence was arrested for arson... Read more »