Investigative Reporting on Criminal Justice

33 Years After Dubious Evidence Helped Convict Him, Joe Bryan Has Been Released on Parole

by Pamela Colloff,

March 31, 2020, 6:16 p.m. EDT

An Employee at an Illinois School We Reported On Has Been Charged With Battering a 7-Year-Old Boy

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica,

March 30, 2020, 7:50 p.m. CDT

He Was Ordered to Self-Isolate. He Didn’t. Now He’s Facing Criminal Charges.

by Jodi S. Cohen,

March 30, 2020, 5:05 p.m. CDT

Walmart Was Almost Charged Criminally Over Opioids. Trump Appointees Killed the Indictment.

by Jesse Eisinger and James Bandler,

March 25, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Convicted Based on Lies

by Pamela Colloff and Katie Zavadski,

March 9, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

A Key FBI Photo Analysis Method Has Serious Flaws, Study Says

by Ryan Gabrielson,

Feb. 25, 2020, 10:40 a.m. EST

The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds

by A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen,

Feb. 24, 2020, 3:15 p.m. EST

California Takes a First Step Toward Improving Its Failing County Jails

by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica,

Feb. 18, 2020, 2:30 p.m. EST

Utah Representative Proposes Bill to Stop Payday Lenders From Taking Bail Money from Borrowers

by Anjali Tsui,

Feb. 14, 2020, 5:17 p.m. EST

A Liar’s Testimony Convinced a Jury to Convict a Man of Murder. Will Florida Execute Him Anyway?

by Pamela Colloff,

Feb. 13, 2020, 12 p.m. EST

Justice Dept. Says It Will Investigate Deadly Conditions at Four Mississippi Prisons

by Jerry Mitchell and Debbie Skipper, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting,

Feb. 6, 2020, 1:13 p.m. EST

We’ve Gotten a Lot of Questions About Our Database of Credibly Accused Priests. Here Are the Answers.

by Ellis Simani,

Feb. 3, 2020, 12:36 p.m. EST

Dating Apps Can Be Dangerous. Congress Is Investigating.

by Keith Cousins, Columbia Journalism Investigations,

Jan. 31, 2020, 3:14 p.m. EST

Sexual Abuse Reports From Illinois’ Catholic Dioceses Are Still Missing A Lot of Data

by Logan Jaffe,

Jan. 31, 2020, 4 a.m. CST

How These Jail Officials Profit From Selling E-Cigarettes to Inmates

by R.G. Dunlop, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting,

Jan. 29, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

Sex Offenders Were Becoming Cops. After Our Stories, Alaska’s Governor Wants That To End.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Jan. 29, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

Alaska’s Public Safety Officer Program Is Failing. Can It Be Saved?

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Jan. 24, 2020, 11 a.m. EST

How to Navigate California County Jails: A Guide for Inmates and Their Loved Ones

by Beena Raghavendran,

Jan. 13, 2020, 9 a.m. EST

California Governor’s Budget Makes Stronger Jail Oversight a Priority

by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee,

Jan. 10, 2020, 7 p.m. EST

California Gave Billions in Taxpayer Dollars to Improve Jails. But That’s Not How These Sheriffs Are Spending It.

by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica,

Dec. 27, 2019, 8 a.m. EST

Alaska’s Law Enforcement Crisis Is a Public Emergency. Here’s How Experts Want to Fix It.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Dec. 21, 2019, 11 a.m. EST

We Found Villages That Hired Criminals as Cops. Now Officials Want It To Change.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Dec. 21, 2019, 11 a.m. EST

A New Study Prompted by Our Reporting Confirms Elkhart, Indiana, Police Department Lacks Accountability

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica,

Dec. 12, 2019, 6:50 p.m. EST

We Investigated Magistrates. Now, Lawmakers Want to Overhaul the System.

by Joseph Cranney, The Post and Courier,

Dec. 11, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

New York City Paid McKinsey Millions to Stem Jail Violence. Instead, Violence Soared.

by Ian MacDougall,

Dec. 10, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

These Homes for Mentally Ill Adults Have Been Notoriously Mismanaged. Now, One Is a Gruesome Crime Scene.

by Joaquin Sapien,

Dec. 9, 2019, 12:55 p.m. EST

These Cops are Supposed to Protect Rural Villages. They’re in the Suburbs Instead.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Dec. 5, 2019, 11:30 a.m. EST

He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death.

by Pamela Colloff,

Dec. 4, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

30 Years of Jailhouse Snitch Scandals

by Katie Zavadski and Moiz Syed,

Dec. 4, 2019, 4:59 a.m. EST

How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Detain and Deport Immigrants

by Ian MacDougall,

Dec. 3, 2019, 5 p.m. EST

A Jail Increased Extreme Isolation to Stop Suicides. More People Killed Themselves.

by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica,

Nov. 5, 2019, 8:30 a.m. EST

Alaska’s Uneven Rural Law Enforcement System Often Leaves Remote Villages With No Cops

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Oct. 25, 2019, 11:30 a.m. EDT

Mississippi Takes Steps to End Damning Delays in Evaluating Criminal Defendants

by Sarah Smith,

Oct. 14, 2019, 10:39 a.m. EDT

These Sheriffs Release Sick Inmates to Avoid Paying Their Hospital Bills

by Connor Sheets, AL.com,

Sept. 30, 2019, 6 a.m. EDT

She Leapt From a Moving Car to Escape Her Rapist. Then, She Waited 18 Years for an Arrest.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Sept. 6, 2019, 12:45 p.m. EDT

Netflix Series Based on Our Work Explores Costs of Not Believing Rape Victims

by Ken Armstrong and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica,

Sept. 5, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Some of the Country’s Worst Prisons Have Escaped Justice Department Action

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting,

Aug. 20, 2019, 3 p.m. EDT

Inside The Prison Where Inmates Set Each Other On Fire and Gangs Have More Power Than Guards

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting,

Aug. 19, 2019, 1 p.m. EDT

A Year After an Inmate Was Choked to Death in Jail, a Murder Charge but Few Details

by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica,

Aug. 15, 2019, 8 a.m. EDT

The FBI Told Congress Domestic Terror Investigations Led to 90 Recent Arrests. It Wouldn’t Show Us Records of Even One.

by Fritz Zimmermann,

Aug. 9, 2019, 11:15 a.m. EDT

We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial. Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting,

July 25, 2019, 1:35 p.m. EDT

Cops in One Village Have Been Convicted of 70 Crimes. Here’s What They Had to Say About It.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

July 19, 2019, 12 p.m. EDT

The Questionable Conviction, and Re-Conviction, of Ricky Joyner

by Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune, and Ken Armstrong, ProPublica,

July 19, 2019, 6 a.m. EDT

The Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

July 18, 2019, 11:30 a.m. EDT

Deadly Delays in Jail Construction Cost Lives and Dollars Across California

by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica,

July 17, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Digital Jail: How Electronic Monitoring Drives Defendants Into Debt

by Ava Kofman,

July 3, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Have You Worn an Electronic Monitoring Device or Supervised Someone Wearing One? We Want to Hear About It.

by Ava Kofman,

July 3, 2019, 4:59 a.m. EDT

“Dire” Law Enforcement Crisis in Rural Alaska Prompts Emergency Declaration, New Federal Funding

by Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News,

June 28, 2019, 5:49 p.m. EDT

The Sheriff Lost Reelection. Then the Spending Spree Began.

by Connor Sheets, AL.com,

June 28, 2019, 8 a.m. EDT

There Has Been an Explosion of Homicides in California’s County Jails. Here’s Why.

by Jason Pohl, The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica,

June 13, 2019, 8 a.m. EDT