Reporting on courts, prosecutors and oversight bodies, from the filing of a claim to the enforcement of an order. Each piece explains what a judgment decided, what it declined to decide, and how the outcome changes the position of people bringing similar cases. For readers following litigation closely.
Federal consent decrees bind departments to monitorable reforms — use-of-force rules, training, accountability data — and the monitor's public reports are where compliance is fought over.
Monica Cummings · February 13, 2026
A handful of states now limit how long and why people can be held in restrictive housing, while most still place no statutory cap at all.
Colin Reyes · January 22, 2026
Parole boards hold wide discretion over release, and in most states the record they weigh is thin, uneven, and rarely reviewed by anyone else.
Monica Cummings · December 30, 2025