The American criminal justice system consists of 2.2 million people behind bars, plus tens of millions of family members, corrections and police officers, parolees, victims of crime, judges, prosecutors and defenders.

Violent crime is up in some places, but is it really a trend?

An 18-year-old said she was attacked at knifepoint. Then she said she made it up. That’s where our story begins.

Meet the elite chiefs who revolutionized policing nationwide, for better and for worse. Now they want to do it again.

Germany allows inmates to wear their own clothes, cook their own meals, and have romantic visits. Could that work in the United States?

Tracking scheduled executions around the country.

Should prison sentences be based on crimes that haven’t been committed yet?