Some attendees shared their direct experiences of incarceration while others came in contact with the system through family.

This led us to investigate the state of medical record ... Patients Medical records have immense potential to aid incarcerated people as they demand to be treated with dignity.

The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers – the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from ...

As you read, it is useful to understand the distinction between a jail – like Rikers Island – and a prison. A jail is a county or city facility used for housing pretrial defendants or those ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Lawrence Bartley, host of the new series Inside Story, which documents life in the US prison system. The series was created by formerly incarcerated people ...

It also represents an arguably darker milestone: The US government is now in the business ... an obscure labor regime that requires more than 40,000 incarcerated people to build infrastructure ...

In more than 54,000 responses from people in jails and prisons across the United States, we found a range of opinions reflecting both open skepticism and guarded hope. Here’s a closer look at ...