From changing policy to helping people get a shot at freedom, we’re proud of the vital work The Appeal published in 2024.

Eight people died at the Atlanta area Clayton County Jail in 2024. Sheriff Levon Allen said there were four 2023 deaths at ...

After 3.5 years co-leading The Appeal as Managing Editor & Operations Director, Tara Francis Chan is stepping down at the end ...

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At least six people incarcerated at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison intentionally burned themselves to get transferred.

There isn’t much Michael Simmons can do but hope and wait. The 46-year-old has spent more than two decades in Illinois Department of Corrections custody. If he’d taken the plea deal prosecutors ...

I spent years visiting prisons and courts. At every turn, facilities forced me to comply with invasive searches that left me feeling sexually violated. As an adolescent, I learned what it’s like to ...

This article is supported by a grant from The Ridgeway Reporting Project, managed by Solitary Watch with funding from The Vital Projects Fund. In February 2021, Washington State Representative David ...