Despite prison walls, families fight for connection during the holidays and beyond.

Mon’e Jackson-Cross signs the presents under her Christmas tree, “From mom and dad.” Her husband can’t shop from the Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York, but he asks for photos of the sneakers or toys she is considering so that he can help decide what to gift their children, who are among an estimated 2.7 million kids with a parent beh ...

Seventy-five people have died in LA County jails since the start of 2023.

How are people dying? Los Angeles County has not yet publicly issued causes of death for everyone who has died in county jails in recent months. However, even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story: when the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researchers ...