During the current Mississippi legislative session, which runs from Jan. 7 through April 6, lawmakers will consider a raft of bills that could become law and impact prisons and jails, courts, policing ...

A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system’s resilience against a ...

A legislative resolution that lays out a settlement between the mental health department and a group that sued the state is ...

Minnesota’s pretrial system relies heavily on monetary bail and disproportionately impacts Black and Indigenous people and ...

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

A group of community leaders and advocates gathered at the Illinois State Capitol earlier this month, calling on lawmakers to ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by District Attorneys from across the state, recently announced a series of improvements and ...

House Joint Resolution 49, filed by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, will expand the offenses for which a judge can deny bail to include capital offenses, acts of terrorism, second-degree ...

The stunning fallout over the Justice Department's move to drop the criminal corruption prosecution of New York Mayor Eric Adams continues to have ripple effects, resulting now in the resignations of ...

The Justice Department formally requests dismissal of corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, sparking resignations ...

Tragic Danielle McLaughlin’s family have said her "truth has finally been heard" as a man has been found guilty of her rape ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis thanked PM Narendra Modi at a Delhi press conference over the ...