Criminal Justice

Accountability in Crime and Law

565 stories published since 2008

Illinois Has Promised to “Infuse Love” in Its Juvenile Justice System, but What Will Actually Change?

by Duaa Eldeib

August 7, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Complaint Files NYPD Unions Don’t Want You to See

by Josefa Velasquez, Greg B. Smith and Reuven Blau, THE CITY

July 31, 2020, 9:15 pm EDT
Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 31, 2020, 6:42 pm EDT
New York Grand Jury Indicts Two Former Leaders of Mexico’s Drug War for Cartel Connections

by Ginger Thompson

July 30, 2020, 4:58 pm EDT
Portland Protesters No Longer Being Banned From Attending Protests to Win Release From Jail

by Dara Lind

July 30, 2020, 4:20 pm EDT
Prosecutors Say They Support Releasing Girl Who Was Detained for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 30, 2020, 2:58 pm EDT
We Tracked What Happens to Police After They Use Force on Protesters

by Zipporah Osei, Mollie Simon, Moiz Syed and Lucas Waldron

July 29, 2020, 10:00 am EDT
What Has Happened to Police Filmed Hurting Protesters? So Far, Very Little.

by Zipporah Osei and Mollie Simon

July 29, 2020, 10:00 am EDT
She Asked to Be Saved From Him. Now She’s Dead.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

July 28, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
Your Questions About the New York City Police Complaint Data, Answered

by Ken Schwencke and Celeste LeCompte

July 28, 2020, 10:00 am EDT
We’re Publishing Thousands of Police Discipline Records That New York Kept Secret for Decades

by Eric Umansky

July 26, 2020, 11:07 am EDT
The NYPD Files: Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers

by Derek Willis, Eric Umansky and Moiz Syed

July 26, 2020, 11:06 am EDT
Judge Won’t Free Michigan Teenager Sent to Juvenile Detention After Not Doing Online Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 20, 2020, 8:26 pm EDT
Thousands Demand That Michigan #FreeGrace After the Teenager Was Incarcerated for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 15, 2020, 8:25 pm EDT
The NYPD Isn’t Giving Critical Bodycam Footage to Officials Investigating Alleged Abuse

by Eric Umansky

July 3, 2020, 1:38 pm EDT
The Nation’s First Reparations Package to Survivors of Police Torture Included a Public Memorial. Survivors Are Still Waiting.

by Logan Jaffe

July 3, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Since We Reported on Flawed Roadside Drug Tests, Five More Convictions Have Been Overturned

by Ryan Gabrielson

July 1, 2020, 2:00 pm EDT
For Decades, She Blamed Herself for the Abuse. Writing Her Story Was an Act of Survival. Publishing It Was an Act of Rebellion.

by Adriana Gallardo

June 27, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
I’ve Reported on How Chicago’s Ticketing System Has Hurt Black Residents. Now, the Conversation About Reform Is Changing.

by Melissa Sanchez

June 26, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Has the NYPD Stopped a Teen You Know? Are You a Young Person With a Story to Share? We’d Like to Hear From You.

by Adriana Gallardo

June 23, 2020, 2:57 pm EDT
Her Addiction Landed Her in a Prison Segregation Wing. The Man She Says Abused Her Lives Free.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

June 20, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
“Alguien tiene que ayudarme”

por Thalia Beaty, Ryan Gabrielson, Nadia Sussman y Lucas Waldron

June 18, 2020, 5:35 pm EDT
The Prison Was Built to Hold 1,500 Inmates. It Had Over 2,000 Coronavirus Cases.

by Dara Lind

June 18, 2020, 2:00 pm EDT
Her Attacker Was Stopped in the Act and Arrested, but This Assault Was Only the Beginning of Her Trauma

by Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

June 18, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
“Somebody’s Gotta Help Me”

by Thalia Beaty, Ryan Gabrielson, Nadia Sussman and Lucas Waldron

June 16, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
“They Were the Authority and I Didn’t Argue With Authority”

by Agnes Chang

June 13, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
The Teacher Who Returned to the Small Village Where She was Abused is Not Staying Silent

by Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

June 6, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
Trapped at Sea, Alone With Her Assailant, He Told Her “You’re Mine for the Week”

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

June 4, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
I Cover Cops as an Investigative Reporter. Here Are Five Ways You Can Start Holding Your Department Accountable.

by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press

June 4, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Unheard

by Adriana Gallardo, Nadia Sussman and Agnes Chang, ProPublica, and Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

June 1, 2020, 8:00 am EDT
Bill Barr Promised to Release Prisoners Threatened by Coronavirus — Even as the Feds Secretly Made It Harder for Them to Get Out

by Ian MacDougall

May 26, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
An Elementary School Repeatedly Dismissed Allegations Against Its Principal. Then, an FBI Agent Pretended to Be a 13-Year-Old Girl.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, and Greg Kim, KYUK

May 12, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
COVID-19 Cases at One Texas Immigration Detention Center Soared in a Matter of Days. Now, Town Leaders Want Answers.

by Perla Trevizo

May 11, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
Early Data Shows Black People Are Being Disproportionally Arrested for Social Distancing Violations

by Joshua Kaplan and Benjamin Hardy

May 8, 2020, 6:22 pm EDT
Walmart Hid That It Was Under Criminal Investigation for Its Opioid Sales, Lawyers Say

by Jesse Eisinger

April 13, 2020, 4:21 pm EDT
33 Years After Dubious Evidence Helped Convict Him, Joe Bryan Has Been Released on Parole

by Pamela Colloff

March 31, 2020, 6:16 pm EDT
An Employee at an Illinois School We Reported On Has Been Charged With Battering a 7-Year-Old Boy

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

March 30, 2020, 8:50 pm EDT
He Was Ordered to Self-Isolate. He Didn’t. Now He’s Facing Criminal Charges.

by Jodi S. Cohen

March 30, 2020, 6:05 pm EDT
Walmart Was Almost Charged Criminally Over Opioids. Trump Appointees Killed the Indictment.

by Jesse Eisinger and James Bandler

March 25, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Convicted Based on Lies

by Pamela Colloff and Katie Zavadski

March 9, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
A Key FBI Photo Analysis Method Has Serious Flaws, Study Says

by Ryan Gabrielson

February 25, 2020, 10:40 am EST
The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds

by A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen

February 24, 2020, 3:15 pm EST
California Takes a First Step Toward Improving Its Failing County Jails

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

February 18, 2020, 2:30 pm EST
Utah Representative Proposes Bill to Stop Payday Lenders From Taking Bail Money from Borrowers

by Anjali Tsui

February 14, 2020, 5:17 pm EST
A Liar’s Testimony Convinced a Jury to Convict a Man of Murder. Will Florida Execute Him Anyway?

by Pamela Colloff

February 13, 2020, 12:00 pm EST
Justice Dept. Says It Will Investigate Deadly Conditions at Four Mississippi Prisons

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

February 6, 2020, 1:13 pm EST
We’ve Gotten a Lot of Questions About Our Database of Credibly Accused Priests. Here Are the Answers.

by Ellis Simani

February 3, 2020, 12:36 pm EST
Dating Apps Can Be Dangerous. Congress Is Investigating.

by Keith Cousins, Columbia Journalism Investigations

January 31, 2020, 3:14 pm EST
Sexual Abuse Reports From Illinois’ Catholic Dioceses Are Still Missing A Lot of Data

by Logan Jaffe

January 31, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Sex Offenders Were Becoming Cops. After Our Stories, Alaska’s Governor Wants That To End.

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

January 29, 2020, 5:00 am EST