Strip searches serve as weapons of humiliation rather than security measures. In March 2018, J’Allen Jones, a 31-year-old ...

We asked candidates in New Jersey’s June 10 Democratic primary election what they’ll do to keep immigrants safe.

Exposing the harms of the criminal legal system and elevating solutions that keep all people safe.

During the last years of his life, Shane Kendall, an autistic teenager, was locked up inside Atlanta’s notoriously dangerous Fulton County Jail. In an interview, his parents told The Appeal that when ...

Body camera video shows that Daniel Prude was complying with police when they knelt on his back and pushed his face to the ground for so long that he stopped breathing. A screengrab from the body ...

Although the new law took effect in January, state data showing how courts are applying it won’t be available until July 2021. And without funding, courts in small towns and villages may never collect ...

Formerly incarcerated Californians say that if Gavin Newsom wants to keep touting his record as a “progressive,” he should stop vetoing bills that ban or restrict solitary confinement. Gavin Newsom’s ...

State and federal governments have moved to criminalize trans people, parents of trans children, and healthcare providers.

The Appeal—and much of the media—has been misspelling Tyré Nichols’ name for years.

State Senator Julia Salazar argues in a Q&A that policing reforms “have failed” and that funds should be reinvested into other services; she also lays out bills she is supporting to improve ...