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November 7, 2024

A Scandal-Plagued Sheriff Wins Another Term in North Texas

October 23, 2024

Downballot Stakes: Your Questions Answered

Ask Bolts, , Daniel Nichanian,

October 18, 2024

The 33 Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections that Matter to Criminal Justice in November

Daniel Nichanian,

October 16, 2024

North Texas Sheriff Running for Reelection Faces Grief and Anger Over Rising Jail Deaths

July 31, 2024

He Kept Investigating the 2020 Election. Now This Michigan Sheriff Faces Voters Himself.

July 25, 2024

In an Arizona Border County, Rifts Over How Much to Help the Feds Patrol the Border

June 25, 2024

Florida Sheriff Backtracks on Reform to Stop Arrests for Minor Traffic Offenses

June 6, 2024

A Michigan City Ended Low-Level Traffic Stops. Now the County Could Follow.

May 8, 2024

Colorado Adopts First-in-Nation Mandate for Voting Centers in Jails

April 10, 2024

Beyond Crimmigration

March 8, 2024

“We’re Going to Be Overwhelmed”: How Louisiana Just Ballooned Its Jail Population

February 14, 2024

The Texas Elections That Will Shape Policing and Punishment This Year

Michael Barajas,

December 19, 2023

As Los Angeles Politicians Trade Barbs, Jail Deaths Keep Mounting

December 12, 2023

The Thousands of Local Elections That Will Shape Criminal Justice Policy in 2024

Daniel Nichanian,

November 2, 2023

Controversial Sheriff with Right-Wing Ties Faces Voters in Washington State

Jessica Pishko,

October 20, 2023

Bribery and Fraud Charges Loom Over a MAGA Sheriff Seeking Reelection in Virginia

Jessica Pishko,

October 16, 2023

Louisiana Takes a Hard Swing to the Right

Daniel Nichanian,

August 18, 2023

Brutality and Deaths Inside East Baton Rouge Jail Spark Uphill Battle for Reform

July 26, 2023

Dallas County Jail Adds Election Day Polling Place After Pressure from Activists

Jessica Pishko,

June 23, 2023

North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE

May 22, 2023

Tensions High on Bail and Policing as New Yorkers Elect DAs and Sheriffs

Daniel Nichanian,

April 21, 2023

Arizona’s Self-Styled “American Sheriff” Wants to Go to Washington

Jessica Pishko,

March 9, 2023

Right-Wing Task Force Will Police Elections in the Texas GOP’s Last Urban Stronghold

Jessica Pishko,

December 14, 2022

What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023

Daniel Nichanian,

November 18, 2022

Los Angeles Voters Ousted Their Sheriff—and Then Just Kept Going

November 9, 2022

Massachusetts Voters Oust “The Arpaio of the East”

November 3, 2022

The 30 Prosecutor and Sheriff Races that Will Shape Criminal Justice Next Week

Michael Barajas, , Daniel Nichanian,

October 31, 2022

‘The Arpaio of the East’ Faces His First Opponent in 12 Years. Is Anyone Watching?

September 30, 2022

Cape Cod Will Decide Whether to “Rip Up” Agreement for ICE Collaboration

September 2, 2022

Massachusetts Candidates Run for Sheriff as Outsiders to Law Enforcement

August 26, 2022

The Winding Road to Ending ICE Collaboration in Raleigh

Jeffrey Billman,

August 24, 2022

The Big Lie Messengers Who Carry a Badge and Gun

Jessica Pishko,

July 22, 2022

New Massachusetts Law Requires Jails to Expand Ballot Access

July 14, 2022

Your Guide to Local Elections Where Abortion Is on the Line This Year

Daniel Nichanian,

June 16, 2022

Oakland’s Sheriff Is Ousted After a Long Tenure Leading Deadly Jail

June 1, 2022

San Diego Race Will Decide New Leadership For California’s Deadliest Jail System

May 31, 2022

“Fool Me Once”: Scandals and Abuses Fuel Unease Toward ‘Reform’ Talk in Los Angeles Sheriff Race

April 29, 2022

Deaths and Neglect Behind Bars Magnify Oakland’s Sheriff Race

April 19, 2022

Trump-Aligned Sheriffs Target Election Officials

Jessica Pishko,

March 29, 2022

California’s Midterms Bring Plenty of Forks in the Road for Criminal Justice Reforms

Daniel Nichanian,

February 8, 2022

In 2022, Intense Clashes Between Criminal Justice Reformers and Tough-On-Crime Foes

Daniel Nichanian,

June 30, 2021

To End Solitary Confinement, Advocates Turn Up the Pressure on Sheriffs

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg,

June 30, 2021

How Sheriffs Are Extracting Wealth from People in Jail

Katie Jane Fernelius,

February 1, 2021

Let Civilians Run for Sheriff Again, New California Bill Proposes

Katie Jane Fernelius,

January 19, 2021

In 2021, Don’t Sleep on Criminal Justice Elections

Daniel Nichanian,

December 10, 2020

How Immigrant Communities Beat Back ICE and Helped Flip Georgia

October 19, 2020

Your Guide to 30 Sheriff and Prosecutor Elections That Could Challenge Mass Incarceration

Daniel Nichanian,

October 15, 2020

Will Texas Democrats’ Gains Topple a Trumpian Sheriff?

October 9, 2020

These Twelve Elections Could Curb ICE’s Powers

Daniel Nichanian,

October 2, 2020

The Sheriff Candidate Who Is Challenging “The Poster Child for the Trump Administration”

Daniel Nichanian,

September 17, 2020

Joe Arpaio’s Longtime Deputy Could Become the Next Sheriff of Maricopa County

Jerry Iannelli,

September 4, 2020

Georgia Sheriff Elections Could Limit ICE’s Reach

August 25, 2020

Policing And Ties With ICE On The Menu In Norfolk County’s Sheriff Race

Daniel Nichanian,

August 18, 2020

“Making Powerful People Feel Uncomfortable Is A Good Thing”: Enter Vermont’s High Bailiffs

Daniel Nichanian,

August 10, 2020

Sheriffs Have A Lot Of Power Over Whether Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Can Vote

June 25, 2020

Washington Sheriff Faces Recall Efforts for Endangering Public Health

Jessica Pishko,

June 12, 2020

Georgia Sheriff Who Cooperated with ICE Loses Re-Election Bid

Daniel Nichanian,

June 9, 2020

When Sheriffs Choose to Help ICE

Jessica Pishko,

April 29, 2020

Cincinnati Voters Oust Sheriff Who Cooperated with ICE and Championed a New Jail

Daniel Nichanian,

March 12, 2020

This Tense Sheriff’s Race Could Change Cincinnati’s Poor Jail Conditions

January 24, 2020

When a Sheriff’s Jail Is Emptied

Jessica Pishko,

September 26, 2019

How Sheriffs’ Power and Autonomy Make Them Central Players for Policing Reform

Jessica Pishko,

May 16, 2019

Foreclosures and ICE Are on the Menu in Philadelphia’s Sheriff Election

Daniel Nichanian,

May 9, 2019

The Opioid Crisis and the Elected Sheriff

Jessica Pishko,

March 21, 2019

Jail Deaths and the Elected Sheriff

Jessica Pishko,

March 14, 2019

Jacksonville Kicks Off 2019’s Sheriff Elections

Daniel Nichanian,

May 7, 2024

Ask Bolts

December 12, 2023

Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2024?

Daniel Nichanian,