Meg Anderson
Stories
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Trump's challenge: where to house millions of immigrant detainees
One of the biggest hurdles to carrying out Trump's mass deportation plans is where to house the millions of people who are in the country without legal status. As many prisons and detention centers are already overcrowded, what options are there?
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The prison population is going up as prisons struggle with staffing and overpopulation
The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.
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California man allegedly messaged Madison school shooter about plans ahead of attack
New information has emerged in the investigation into a school shooting at a small Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, though authorities are still searching for a motive.
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Killer is identified in Wisconsin school shooting
Authorities in Madison, Wisc., don't yet know what led a student to open fire at Abundant Life Christian School killing a teacher, a fellow student and injuring six others.
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The uncertain fate of federal investigations into police misconduct
Federal consent decrees can be a powerful legal tool to reform local police departments. They've stalled under Biden. What does Trump's second term mean for these court agreements?
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It's legal for police to use deception in interrogations. Advocates want that to end
Ten states have passed laws in recent years to ban the practice of lying to children and teenagers during police interrogations. Now one state wants to extend the ban on deception during police interrogation to all people, not just kids.
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What’s on the ballot? Drugs, police funding and getting tough on crime
There are a slew of state-level criminal justice ballot measures coming up in the November election: legalizing some drugs, increasing penalties for others, and boosting pay and incentives for police are among the proposed changes. We round up the highlights.
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On the VP debate stage, two visions for policing in America are laid out
The disparate philosophies between Tim Walz and JD Vance on law and order and ensuring public safety in the U.S. were on display in the presidential debate.
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The reality of the link between crime and homelessness is complex
Officials and the public often assume there's a close link between homelessness and crime. Is there? NPR's Meg Anderson investigated that question.
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Kamala Harris is a gun owner — but she's still a proponent of stricter gun laws
Vice President Harris cited the fact she was a gun owner in Tuesday night's presidential debate, in a move designed to shut down suggestions from former President Donald Trump that she wants to “confiscate your guns.”
