More than half of those incarcerated suffer from mental health illness. That's the driving force for Metro Community College's criminal justice program adding a mental health course.

A grand jury in Oneida County has handed up charges against correction officers involved in the Dec. 9 beating of an inmate ...

The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Sylvester Ndidi, has announced plans to develop an ...

A circle of criminal justice advocates have long pushed to create an independent body to monitor the Arizona Department of ...

The New York City Council approved two bills to address sexual violence in city jails on Thursday, following Gothamist’s ...

Generally, parole officers are not required to have a warrant to search a parolee as they are technically still under ...

Henry UDUTCHAY reckons that the acting controller general of the NCoS is poised to address longstanding challenges in the systemIn the annals of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), a ...

Governor Hochul is fighting to maintain safety and order in the streets, NYC jails have been stripped of the ability to do the same.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...

New York’s top judge on Monday called on lawmakers and judges to enact major sentencing reforms to address a criminal justice ...