Why Did a Man Starve to Death in an Arkansas Jail?
Co-published with Truthdig. It was a failure of the system because he shouldn't have even been there.
Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails
Co-published with The Nation. Counties arenât supposed to use Covid funds to build jails and prisonsâbut that hasnât stopped some of them from trying to do it anyway.
She Used Drugs While Pregnant. Should She Be in Prison?
Co-published with The Cut. After having a stillbirth, Adora Perez was charged with murder.
Incarceration Has Always Threatened Health. COVID-19 Just Worsened the Problem.
Co-published with the Philadelphia Inquirer. During the pandemic, jail populations â largely poor people who canât afford bail â have been some of the hardest hit by the virus.
Life Inside a Pre-Release Center: Like Prison, But More Work
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 infractions, all at once.
How Prison Officials Block Access to the Media
Co-published with The American Prospect. Journalists are having trouble contacting sources, and inmates who speak on the record face retaliation.
Out of Prison With Nowhere Safe to Go
Co-published with The New Republic. As states grant early release to slow the spread of COVID-19, many people are leaving incarceration broke and without a net.
The Judge Whose Bail Requirements Leave Cash-Strapped Defendants in Jail
Co-published with The Guardian. For those who live in poverty, money bail can mean an incarceration. And some judges believe thatâs in their best interest.
Pregnant and Shackled: Why Inmates Are Still Giving Birth Cuffed and Bound
Co-published with The Guardian. Despite a federal law that prohibits the shackling of expectant mothers, the 85% of incarcerated women who are in state prisons or county jails often remain at the mercy of guards.
These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty â From Death Row
Co-published with The Nation. Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty is the nationâs only antiâdeath penalty organization run by death-row prisoners.
Stray Bullets
Co-published with The Atavist, excerpted on Mother Jones. Tony Davis was 18 when he took another boy's life in a drive-by shooting. Now he's a middle-aged man worthy of redemption.