With a new administration in Washington, the time may have finally arrived to address an issue that has plagued the federal ...

Louisiana, New York and other states are rolling back reforms — and efforts to reduce excessive sentencing or expand parole ...

Connecticut spent millions collecting data to explore if prosecutor actions lead defendants to be treated ...

Critics of the First Step Act suggested it was akin to so-called “reforms” in progressive American cities ... R Street Institute Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties fellow Lisel Petis said people ...

Katie Brett, whose sister Sasha was murdered, says dangerous people are being freed from prisons. Growing calls to make compensation rules for miscarriage of justice victims less strict.

Two bills aimed at helping at-risk youth avoid the criminal justice system have advanced in the House.

March 4 (UPI) --The American Bar Association is calling out efforts by the Trump administration to undermine the U.S. justice system ... Adams April 2 (UPI) -- Criminal corruption charges against ...

Of the American criminal justice system, Mr Kendi said: “We criminalise poverty, we criminalise blackness, we criminalise immigration and on and on down the line.” Johanna Robinson ...

A free screening of “In Their Hands," is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, April 4 in the Community Room of the Galesburg Public ...

A 71-page report on Shelby County's criminal justice system took a deep dive into how cases move through the county's courts ...