Millions of Children Lose Their Parents To Incarceration. That Doesn’t Have To Happen. Prosecutors can help implement policies that are better for families and communities. Ebony Underwood, Miriam Aroni Krinsky
Nearly 600,000 New Yorkers Are Eligible to Have Their Records Sealed. Fewer Than 1,800 of Them Have Succeeded. The results of record-sealing legislation enacted in 2017 shows the need for automatic expungement, advocates say. Aaron Morrison
The Appeal Podcast: The Rise of Registries With Appeal contributor Guy Hamilton-Smith and Elizabeth Letourneau of the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Adam H. Johnson
Pushed to Curb Use of Cash Bail By January, Indiana Relies On ‘Knee-Jerk’ Alternative Advocates warn that overuse of ankle monitors and other forms of electronic monitoring produce consequences of their own. Kira Lerner
Florida County: People On Sex Offender Registry Should Shelter From Dorian in Jail Barred from other shelters, registrants were left with few options as the hurricane approached. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Pennsylvania County Owes $67 Million After Man Finds Arrest Records on Mugshots.com Elsewhere in the country, lawsuits and legislation seek to protect people from predatory mugshot sites. Katie Rose Quandt
The Appeal Podcast: Generational Harm, A Hidden Cost of Mass Incarceration With Chicago activist Celia Colón Adam H. Johnson
Queens D.A.’s Office Blasted for ‘Spiteful’ Treatment of People on Probation or Parole As the borough’s district attorney race takes shape, advocates press for changes to the office’s approach to people who reoffend. Aaron Morrison
I Worked As a Bail Bond Agent. Here’s What I Learned. Low-income women are fueling bail industry profits—and getting harmed in the process. Joshua Page
Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Proves Inescapable Critics say the state's policy of keeping non-residents registered bloats the list—and harms public safety. Steven Yoder
Expert: Crime registries turn people into pariahs with ‘very little to lose’ New types of registries are being created around the country, despite research showing they don’t work. Jessica Pishko
