Jerry Iannelli

Women told The Appeal that the practice of removing tampons or pads during strip-searches is degrading, dehumanizing, and sadly common.

Multiple major cities including San Francisco and Oakland this year have considered obtaining armed police robots that can kill people.

Pieper Lewis was sentenced to community supervision after stabbing one of her abusers to death. But probation only harmed her further.

New York law can leave people who are involuntarily committed financially liable for their hospital bills and ambulance ride

A writer placed on Georgia’s sex offender registry explains how crushing monthly debts and social stigma trap her in debt.

Newsom’s measure—called “CARE Court”—paves the way for family members, state officials, and first responders to force more unhoused people into court-ordered treatment programs for a period of up to two years.

Robert Suttle had to register as a sex offender in Louisiana after exposing someone to HIV. He’s moved to New York but still must register.

Jenkins won’t charge the security guard who shot Banko Brown to death. That’s precisely why San Franciscans elected her in the first place.

The Bureau of Prisons has proposed banning social media—but First Amendment defenders say the rule would chill free speech in federal prison.

Democrats spent the last four years running away from police reform and instead chanted "fund the police." They lost.