New York’s controversy over scanning mail in prisons reflects a national debate involving security and privacy.

Here are the new pro- and anti-immigration laws that states enacted from January to June 2025. Scroll down for more context.

Who Is Billy Marshall? What to Know About Trump’s New Bureau of Prisons Director West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued ...

The policies create new restrictions for immigrants and people who support them — including reviving measures previously rejected by courts.

In This Police Youth Program, a Trail of Sexual Abuse Across the U.S. Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations ...

In one of America’s deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust.

‘Fear for Their Lives’: Trans Women Federal Prisoners Told They Will Be Housed With Men After a minor change in a judge’s order, the Trump administration arranged to move over a dozen transgender ...

A community guide to the local judges who could make decisions about your life.

Through threats and incentives, the administration conscripted local jails, federal prisons and private companies to detain ...

Wilkes County, North Carolina, has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, but local officials have been open to approaches for making the crisis less deadly. They recently embraced a new strategy: a ...

Is Trump’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Prisoners Unconstitutional? A federal judge considers if the president’s executive order barring hormone treatment in the Bureau of Prisons is cruel ...

Trump’s New Order on Policing Seems Sweeping. But What Will It Really Change? The president’s directive may please some law enforcement officials, but some experts say certain provisions are redundant ...