Most prosecutors automatically oppose parole requests. Not Eric Gonzalez.

Missouri lawsuit says that the state’s parole process puts too many people back behind bars.

At 16, one deadly punch sent him away for life. The Supreme Court gave him a second chance at freedom.

But the number is probably far higher, Marshall Project survey shows.

A ‘60s radical faces very different political atmosphere than her co-defendant did a decade ago.

Despite statewide legalization, some counties ban probationers and parolees from using medical marijuana. So the chronically ill turn to less effective and more addictive prescription drugs.

The Montgomery ruling says juveniles sentenced to life without parole must get a shot at a new sentence or parole.

Thousands of Louisianians on probation and parole face numerous obstacles to casting a ballot, including the idea that their votes don't matter.

Find out whether voters said yea or nay to legalizing drugs, allowing people on parole to vote and run for office, and more.

The new ruling could worsen existing racial disparities in states that condemn teens to die in prison.

Three prisons were ordered to provide transgender health care. Three prisoners were suddenly set free.

The special problem of being a sex offender.

The state slashed sentences for more than 500 people convicted in low-level drug and theft cases.

A new report could have a big impact on New York’s prison population — if anyone pays attention.

Bernard Noble, whose case became a symbol of harsh drug laws, walks out of a Louisiana prison.

The evolving state of voting rights for prisoners.

His lawyer said he remained in custody in an ICE detention facility.

How other states dealt with their death rows after killing capital punishment.

A lack of evidence doesn’t stop cities from rounding up sexual offenders on the holiday.

For some, science is outpacing the High Court on juveniles and the death penalty.

“When people are in need, they don’t give a shit where you’re from or what your history is.”

The state’s byzantine felony disenfranchisement laws keep hundreds of thousands of formerly incarcerated residents from registering to vote.

The story of North Carolina’s longest-serving inmate highlights the situation of people with intellectual disabilities in the criminal justice system.