STORIES
Selected Stories
- A Surprise Target of Trump’s Cutbacks Is Devastating One Specific Population (Slate)
- Lockdowns, Violence, and “Barbaric Conditions” in a Federal Jail Known for its Famous Detainees (Co-Published by The Appeal and Solitary Watch, co-authored with Maeve Brennan)
- How Solitary Confinement Kills (The Progressive)
- How a Probation Violation Turns Into Indefinite Jail Time (The Nation)
- Nine Solitary Studies: Over 11,000 people incarcerated at the Federal Bureau of Prisons spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement. The BOP wants to keep examining the issue. (The American Prospect)
- When “Suicide Watch” Becomes a Death Sentence (The Nation)
- New Jail, Same Problems: Why Cleveland Is Resisting Plans for a 'Modern' Detention Center (The Appeal)
- San Quentin Is Still Punishing People for Being Sick (Co-Published in The American Prospect & Type Investigations, co-authored with Juan Moreno Haines)
- America’s Rural-Jail-Death Problem (The Atlantic)
- The Supreme Court Said Their Sentencing Was Unconstitutional. But They’re Still Behind Bars. (In These Times)
- Inside One Lawyer’s Quest to End Solitary Confinement (Rolling Stone)
- John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison. Then The Men, Who'd Been Sentenced to Life as Juveniles, Were Freed. (The Nation)
- Curtis Brooks Didn't Kill Anyone. So Why Is He Labeled a Murderer For Life? (Co-Published on The Appeal and Slate)
- Juvenile Offenders in New York Find Parole a Distant Hope (Village Voice)
- The False Hope of Parole (The Outline)
- At Angola Prison, Getting Sick Can Be a Death Sentence (In These Times, co-authored with James Ridgeway)
- Adam Hall Tried to Kill Himself in Prison. And Got Six More Years. (Village Voice, co-authored with James Ridgeway)
Historical Stories
Stories About the Trump Administration
Other Reporting
- “Death Is Different”: Why Two Men Are Fighting Against Biden’s Commutation (The Nation)
- Even CA Moved Right With Pro-Prison Ballot Measure Funded by Retail Giants (Truthout)
- Corporations Plunder US West’s Water Amid Worst Drought in 1,200 Years (Truthout)
- It’s Not Just Big Pharma: Meet the Middlemen Blocking Access to Medication (Truthout)
- With Stunning Irony, Environmental Review Is Being Used to Block Climate Action (Truthout)
- Nursing Home Owners Are Fighting New York Law That Prioritizes Patient Care (Truthout)
- Far Right GOP Now Champions Jail Reforms — But Only for January Sixers (Cross-Published on Solitary Watch and Truthout)
- Activists Put Solitary Confinement on Ballot, But Local Elections Board Nixed It (Truthout)
- Ron DeSantis’s Ousting of Elected Official Sets a Dangerous Precedent (Truthout)
- Covid-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails (Cross-Published on Solitary Watch and Truthout, co-authored with Allison Altshule)
- Executive Inaction: States and the Federal Government Fail to Use Commutations as a Release Mechanism (Prison Policy Initiative, co-authored with Naila Awan)
- It’s All About the Incentives: Why a Call Home From a Jail in New York State Costs 7 Times More than a Call From the State’s Prisons (Prison Policy Initiative, co-authored with Andrea Fenster)
- How Not to Fight a Prison Pandemic (Solitary Watch, co-authored with Juan Moreno Haines)
- Incarcerated People and Corrections Staff Should Be Prioritized in COVID-19 Vaccination Plans (Prison Policy Initiative)
- As COVID-19 Spreads Through Prisons, Solitary Confinement Is Used to Punish Whistleblowers and Suppress Protests (Solitary Watch, co-authored with Valerie Kiebala)
- Out of Prison, Into Alt-Prison: The Industry Profiting From Prison Halfway Houses (In These Times)
- US Jails Will Become Death Traps in the Coronavirus Pandemic (The Guardian, co-authored with Jean Casella)
- In Largest Action to Date Against Solitary Confinement, Hundreds Gather in Albany to Push Reform Legislation (Solitary Watch)
- De Blasio Wants Rigorous Algorithm Oversight—With Exceptions For The NYPD (Gothamist)
- Massachusetts Department of Correction Gives a Lesson in How to Get Around Solitary Confinement Reforms (Solitary Watch)
- The Largest Commutation in U.S. History (Slate)
- Pennsylvania County Owes $67 Million After Man Finds Arrest Records on Mugshots.com (The Appeal)
- Floridians Are Suing a Cop Fired for Planting Drugs in Their Vehicles (The Appeal)
- St. Louis County Jailed a Pregnant Woman for 39 Days Because She Refused a Paternity Test (The Appeal)
- Texas Plans to Execute a Man for a Murder He Didn't Commit (The Appeal)
- Showtime’s 'Escape at Dannemora' Left Out Torture and Abuse (Cross-Published on The Appeal and Solitary Watch)
- How the Cruel Campaign to End 'Conjugal' Visits Hurts Incarcerated Moms Most. (Vice)
- At Virginia's Supermax Prisons, Isolation and Abuse Persist Despite Reforms (Solitary Watch, co-authored with Jack Denton)
- We Are One Body: Catholics Raise Voices Against the Use of Solitary Confinement (America)
- Missouri Is Denying Parole to People Sentenced as Children (Talk Poverty)
- Lawsuit Reveals How Tech Companies Profit Off the Prison-Industrial Complex (ThinkProgress)
- How an Ex-Felon Voting Bloc Could Shape Baltimore's Election (In These Times)
- Life Without Parole Is No Moral Alternative to the Death Penalty (America)
- New York State Is Dehumanizing Prison Inmates (Dame)
- Legal Settlement Demands Better Mental Health Care, Less Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons (Solitary Watch)
- Will the Supreme Court Free Albert Woodfox After 43 Years in Solitary? (Solitary Watch)
- 1 in 13 African-American Adults Prohibited From Voting in the United States (BillMoyers.com)
- Not a Trivial Pursuit (Notre Dame Magazine)
- Can Tiny Houses Help Fix Homelessness? (Mother Jones)
- The Magic (and Hard Work) Behind Brooklyn Public Library’s Millions of Materials (Brooklyn Magazine)
- Voices From Baltimore (BillMoyers.com)
- Money in Politics Is Darkening the Future for Millennials (BillMoyers.com)
- Why Campaign Finance Reform Is the First Issue We Must Address (BillMoyers.com)
- There's an International Soccer Tournament Where All the Players Are Homeless (Mother Jones)
- Why Do So Many Young Americans Misunderstand Vaccination? (BillMoyers.com)
- California Just Passed a Plastic Bag Ban. Here's What You Need to Know. (Mother Jones)
- Hispanics Lead U.S. Catholics on Climate Change (Commonweal)
- "More Money Than I Could Count": Mitch McConnell's Very Special Relationship With Lobbyists (Mother Jones, co-authored with Andy Kroll)
Data Stories
Other Projects