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Posted inAccountability

Who Has Power and How Do They Wield It?

Portrait of steven rascónJess Alvarenga by Andrea Henderson, Dhruv Mehrotra, Stan Alcorn, Queena Sook Kim, Amy Mostafa, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Jess Alvarenga, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Kevin Sullivan and Ike Sriskandarajah February 19, 2022February 23, 2022

Three local investigative stories that have big impact, from D.C. police keeping troubled officers on the force to the history of prisoner disenfranchisement laws in Missouri.

Myon Burrell stares into the camera, pulling his mask down to reveal his face.
Posted inAccountability

The jail tapes in the dumpster

Brett Simpson portrait by Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson April 17, 2021July 1, 2021

A murder conviction sent Myon Burrell to prison for life when he was a teenager. An investigative reporter dug into what seemed a hopeless case. What she found helped free him.

An illustration shows a president's hand pulling a person out of a prison cell.
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice

All the president’s pardons

by Michael I Schiller, Anna Hamilton, Taki Telonidis, Melissa Lewis, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Katherine Rae Mondo, Najib Aminy and Amy Mostafa December 12, 2020July 1, 2021

Under President Donald Trump, the pardon system has completely broken down.

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Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Inequality

Does the time fit the crime?

by Hannah Young, Emily Harger, Olivia Merrion and Stan Alcorn September 30, 2017June 30, 2021

The number of women in U.S. prisons has increased more than 700 percent since 1980. And for nearly all of that time, Oklahoma has led the nation.

Posted inInequality

Let down and locked up: Why Oklahoma’s female incarceration is so high

by Ziva Branstetter, Allison Herrera, Harriet Rowan, Eric Sagara and Sinduja Rangarajan September 20, 2017July 26, 2021

“All we’re doing is keeping those beds in cells warm for their kids,” says the state prison director. These women “need help. They don’t need prison.”

Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Inequality

Before Prison

by Emily Harger and Olivia Merrion September 20, 2017June 30, 2021

Oklahoma incarcerates 151 out of every 100,000 women, often given harsh sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.

Posted inInside the Newsroom, Prisons

Holding a journalist in Tehran prison is an affront to us all

by Robert J. Rosenthal January 11, 2016January 11, 2016

Journalist Jason Rezaian has been imprisoned in Tehran, Iran, for more than 17 months. The Iranian authorities responsible need to know that many of us think about Rezaian and consider their actions cruel and unjust.

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