The calls to address prison crowding and conditions have intensified as American inmate populations have grown. Jeffrey Brown gets debate on the shifting perceptions of the criminal justice system ...

Instead of merely "warehousing" people, local criminal justice officials want to provide rehabilitation services at the new ...

Written following his return from 10 years in Siberian exile, Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” follows the story of Rodion Raskolnikov as he grapples with mental anguish after killing a pawnbroker.

In 1996, I was convicted of a first-time, nonviolent drug offense and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. I was devastated, and most people might believe the ordeal left me full ...

NEW ORLEANS — October is Youth Justice Action Month, a month where advocates try to educate people about rehabilitation for kids who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. For the past ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Perry Moriearty of the University of Minnesota Law School says that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs marks an important step toward ...

Barbara Rhode and Melissa Greene in the WMNF studios. Barbara Rhode, founder of the Red Tent Women’s Initiative in St. Petersburg, talks about the non-profit’s trauma-centered program that gives women ...

I read through Deputy Hennepin County Attorney Mark Osler's defense of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty ("Moriarty's vision, not critics' fears, has been fulfilled," Opinion Exchange, Oct. 25).

The Correctional Services Department plays a vital role in the criminal justice system, acting as the final link in the process of administering justice. As highlighted in the recent statements ...