Co-published with The Denver Post. Vanessa Peoples received a six-figure settlement after Aurora police used excessive force in 2017.

Co-published with Crosscut. The state ranks near worst in the nation for constraints on civil asset forfeiture.

Co-published with Crosscut. Washington police sell or use millions of dollars’ worth of seized property each year. Legislators haven’t managed to change the rules.

Co-published with Crosscut. Even as Washington winds down its drug war, police still seize homes and cash from low-level suspects.

Co-published with Slate. Teaching the legal profession to understand the effects of trauma.

Co-published with the Washington Post. Photojournalist Rian Dundon captures the first 100 days of the ongoing Portland protests in a breathtaking series of street protest photography.

Co-published with the Philadelphia Inquirer. During the pandemic, jail populations — largely poor people who can’t afford bail — have been some of the hardest hit by the …

Co-published with Slate. I learned racial ambiguity was not something I could afford.

Co-published with VICE News. Life in pre-release is like a grim resource-management video game where you have to juggle ironclad schedules and severe punishments for small …

Co-published with The Intercept. From J20 to Black Lives Matter, the Trump administration is using inflated federal charges to expand repression of dissent.

Co-published with The Appeal. Proposition 25 would replace the current system with an even more punitive one, some criminal justice reform groups say.

Co-published with The American Prospect. Journalists are having trouble contacting sources, and inmates who speak on the record face retaliation.