The Appeal

New Federal Prison Policies May Put Books and Email on Ice

A Grand Jury Indicted An Alabama Police Officer For Murder. Then A Mayor Came To His Defense.

Back to Back Jail Deaths Rock Small Utah County

Federal Prisons Official Used Prison Labor for Work on his Church

Alabama Woman Faces Life in Prison for Killing Man who Allegedly Raped Her

Feature: Sentenced to Life Without Parole at 17 and Denied Freedom at 52

An Alabama Man on Death Row Says He is Innocent. Will He Get a New Trial?

Feature: A Life Sentence in Arkansas. And a Lifetime of Pain

‘He Had Already Hurt Me.’ Alabama Woman Argues for Stand Your Ground Immunity in Killing of Alleged Rapist.

Feature: Alabama Prepares to Execute Man Whose Case Is Haunted by Claims of Police Misconduct

The Intercept

Prosecutors ignored evidence of her estranged husband’s abuse. She faces 25 years in prison for murder.

Federal prisons’ switch to scanning mail is a surveillance nightmare

The Marshall Project

Investigation: If You Can’t Afford an Attorney, One Will Be Appointed. And You May Get a Huge Bill

The Nation

Feature: These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty—From Death Row

Feature: Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails

The New York Times

When a Pet Dies, Who Do You Turn To?

The Outline

Feature: One Man's Mission to Bring Better Ramen to the Incarcerated

ProPublica

Feature: Domineque Ray Is Set to Be Executed Thursday. Did He Ever Really Have a Chance at Being Spared?

Domineque Ray Is Executed in Alabama After Supreme Court Bid Fails

Feature: This Pharmacist Said Prisoners Wouldn’t Feel Pain During Lethal Injection. Then Some Shook and Gasped for Air.

Rolling Stone

As Immigrant Detainees Are Moved to Prisons, What Happens to the Prisoners?

Shadowproof

For Wearing Tampon, Virginia Woman Says She’s Banned from Prison Visits

Slate

Feature: The Life Story of Lisa Montgomery

Southerly Magazine

Alabama deems execution an ‘essential function’ while leading in COVID-19 deaths per capita