Incarceration

Drug-soaked paper is making its way into Illinois prisons, causing overdoses and staff safety concerns. But banning it could pose legal issues.

An analysis of formerly incarcerated voters controverts some assumptions about whom they might back in the presidential election.

Washington University sophomore Julian Trejo was 15 years old when his mother helped him change his surname. He was ashamed to be the son of a felon but now feels free.

Lawmakers are devising the measure after WBEZ obtained footage of a northern Illinois cop leading a 15-year-old to falsely confess to a shooting.

Corrections officials say the move is necessary to stem the flow of drugs into Missouri prisons. But criminal justice reform advocates warn it could violate inmates’ privacy and further isolate them from their families.

About half of all people released from prison in Missouri return within five years. But decades of research has shown prison education programs can help break the cycle.

Next year marks 50 years since rates of imprisonment rapidly increased in the U.S. Washington University sociology professor Hedwig Lee explains how that’s impacted people with family members behind bars.

The Transformative Workforce Academy — a St. Louis University initiative that works to address recidivism — holds virtual job fairs online.

A small group of men incarcerated at a prison in southern Missouri is working toward a common goal: creating personalized quilts for every child in the Texas County foster care system.

Twenty-five years ago, Reginald Dwayne Betts saw his entire life trajectory change in the space of 30 minutes. In what he has since described as “a moment of insanity,” Betts, then a 16-year-old high school junior, carjacked a man. He would serve eight years in prison for the crime.