Across Australia, questions of policing, incarceration, and government openness are no longer abstract debates confined to lecture halls. They sit firmly in…
The East Baton Rouge Parish Prison holds more than 1,400 people on any given day, and a striking share of them are struggling with opioid dependence, alcohol…
When a person leaves a courtroom with a fine, restitution order, or supervision fee they cannot afford, the legal system does not simply move on. It can add…
Young people across Australia regularly encounter authorities in situations where knowing their legal standing changes the outcome. A teenager heading home…
The machinery of mass incarceration rarely arrives with sirens blaring. More often, it slips in quietly through procurement channels, paperwork, and the slow…
Immigration detention is often discussed as if it affects only people held behind a particular set of doors. In East Baton Rouge Parish, its consequences can…
Inside parish jails across the United States, the formal grievance system is supposed to be a lifeline — a way for incarcerated people to flag abuse, neglect,…
Local news outlets shape how a community understands the people locked inside its jails. In East Baton Rouge Parish, reporters at daily papers, weeklies, and…
When a loved one enters a correctional facility, the impact spreads outward like ripples across a still pond. Partners, children, parents, and grandparents…
The phones ring constantly in the lobby of the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, and the people answering them are not guards or administrators. They are wives,…