Leqaa Kordia’s Long Road Home Leqaa Kordia’s Long Road Home
The Palestinian activist was locked up in an ICE prison for a year. Now she is rebuilding her life, piece by piece and meal by meal.
Jul 8, 2026 / Shaan Merchant
Mahmoud Khalil and the Patriotism of Dissent Mahmoud Khalil and the Patriotism of Dissent
I was born in Iranian prison to political activists. Our families’ stories demonstrate that those who expose injustice will always be viewed as threats to the established order.
Jul 4, 2026 / Sahar Delijani
In Texas, Protesting ICE Can Get You a Life Sentence In Texas, Protesting ICE Can Get You a Life Sentence
Under Trump, eight Prairieland defendants were sentenced to a combined four and a half centuries in prison.
Jul 1, 2026 / Sara Van Horn
How Prison Neglect Killed Alex Kuhnhausen How Prison Neglect Killed Alex Kuhnhausen
He reported minor symptoms to his jailers. Two weeks later, he was dead.
Jun 11, 2026 / Kevin Light-Roth and Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
How America’s Courts Fell for a Con Man How America’s Courts Fell for a Con Man
In her new book, Catch the Devil, reporter Pamela Colloff traces the life and crimes of a mendacious jailhouse informant and exposes the systems that allowed him to walk free.
May 29, 2026 / StudentNation / Henry Fernandez
Steven Thrasher on Why We Must Think Past Skin-Deep Identity Politics Steven Thrasher on Why We Must Think Past Skin-Deep Identity Politics
The author of The Overseer Class discusses how people in marginalized groups can “mistake representation for liberation and confuse visibility with safety,” as Kwaneta Harris put ...
May 20, 2026 / Q&A / Victoria Law
Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement
The spike in solitary confinement epitomizes the abuses of a migrant detention system that seems to be spinning out of control.
May 18, 2026 / Francisco Rodriguez
A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars
The authors want to inform people in women’s prisons about their rights. “There’s no way to survive in there unless we know what our rights are.”
May 13, 2026 / Victoria Law
What Happens When Jails and Prisons Make Phone Calls Free? What Happens When Jails and Prisons Make Phone Calls Free?
Thanks to policy changes in six prison systems and several dozen jail systems, families are talking more and saving money.
May 5, 2026 / Katie Rose Quandt
Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates
New directives from the Bureau of Prisons amount to government-mandated conversion therapy.
Apr 20, 2026 / Kali Holloway