It’s not crime. BY HENRY GRABAR JUNE 06, 20221:51 PM San Francisco’s Tenderloin in March 2020. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters On Tuesday, voters in San Francisco recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive prosecutor whom critics accused of allowing crime to...
Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors. But some are having second thoughts. Visitors walked past cell blocks at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in June. AARON RICKETTS FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By HOPE CORRIGAN...
The state’s child welfare agency says it has nowhere else to put the children. Opponents call it cruel, and a civil rights violation. By Patrick Smith Illinois is routinely housing wards of the state in Chicago’s jail for kids When Andrea Lubelfeld took over a new job...
Chesa Boudin became the target of tough-on-crime critics. SAMANTHA MICHAELS San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin ponders a reporter’s question at his recall campaign headquarters in San Francisco in May. Eric Risberg/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the...
Could 12 strangers agree on justice in Baltimore, a city riddled with killings and distrust of the police, in a shooting case where the victim was an actor on the legendary drama “The Wire”? by Alec MacGillis June 1, 5 a.m. EDT ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that...
The next sheriff will inherit dangerous jail conditions after the previous one resigned under a cloud of scandals. Kelly Davis | June 1, 2022 This year a state audit concluded that poor treatment and monitoring in San Diego County jails “likely contributed to...
