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This issue of The IRE Journal looks at reporting on the criminal justice system and its shortcomings. It includes tips on investigating incarcerations, reporting in the age of virality and […]
More than a year after the killing of George Floyd, the FBI's new national Use of Force database has yet to be released publicly. While participation is rising, the FBI […]
Police departments can be some of the slowest and least helpful with public records. Learn some workarounds that can lead you to impactful investigations. We walk you through federal, state […]
This book investigates the causes of a bitter immigration divide pioneered in Arizona, one that later spread across the nation. The book investigates why and how a popular American sheriff […]
Dangerous Pursuit, the initial investigation and supplemental coverage, explored how Arkansas State Police increasingly turned to PIT maneuvers. The maneuver is intended to end a car chase and involves forcibly hitting […]
Child sexual abuse is a major problem in Indian Country, yet federal government data suggests hundreds of cases may be falling through the cracks. A Howard Center for Investigative Journalism […]
A 32-year-old friend. A 17-year-old nephew. A 15-year-old daughter. A 39-year-old father and husband working to support his family. A 57-year-old mother and grandmother. A 21-year-old University of Utah football […]
“Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe,” created by reporter/host Al Letson and reporter Jonathan Jones, investigates the 2008 suspicious death of Billey Joe Johnson Jr., a 17-year-old Black high […]
Three years after a police officer in Alabama’s largest city shot and killed a man who called 911 to report he was feeling suicidal, Huntsville city leaders continued to insist […]
The Associated Press revealed a pattern of violence against mostly Black motorists that the Louisiana State Police had kept shrouded in secrecy, and exposed the culture of impunity, nepotism and […]
For nearly a year, WCSC-TV’s investigative team researched how Jamal Sutherland, a man with a mental illness, died inside the jail in Charleston County, South Carolina, along with what led […]
A joint KyCIR/Newsy investigation reveals the systemic barriers and choices made by city leaders and the Louisville Metro Police Department that led to its failure to meaningfully change how it […]
We believe Politically Charged exposes one of the most disturbing abuses of power in modern American policing. In a direct assault on a foundation of our democracy, the Phoenix Police Department […]
This investigation laid bare Minnesota’s systemic failures to treat the mentally ill and protect the public. KARE 11 revealed how criminal suspects deemed too mentally ill to stand trial are often […]
This investigation explored the use of peer restraints in Missouri’s juvenile corrections facilities. It found that almost every restraint in these facilities is carried out by other children in the […]
Since 2008, at least 306 people across the Northwest have died after being taken to a county jail. Until now, that number was unknown, in part because Oregon and Washington […]
