Prison Sentences

Cruz may be the most conservative member of the GOP field.

Do harsh prison sentences really reflect societal values?

How did a modest bill that doesn’t tackle racial disparities become the centerpiece of criminal justice reform?

But will they actually happen?

The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, have led to a national movement.

African Americans are the people most likely to get sent to death row — and least likely to be on the jury that sends someone there

There’s a bipartisan bill to cut prison sentences for federal drug crimes in half.

She’d become the second woman and the second African-American to hold the post.

Why the GOP is using racial dogwhistling to attack a candidate — over a Republican bill

Arkansas’ prison rate spiked 17 percent in 2013. How did your state do?

Judge had also said the victim — who committed suicide — was “just as much in control” as the teacher who raped her

There’s a lot more work to be done.

Her psychological research shows how race affects everything from the death penalty to stop-and-frisk.

Mass incarceration is expensive — and it doesn’t even accomplish its goals.

The effects of tough-on-crime policy, in three disheartening charts.