People with mental illness are significantly overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Each year, roughly two ...

A just system would shift away from punishment toward prevention and restorative justice. Community investment in programs, people returning to the community, and accountability are the path to a safe ...

Community members had a rare opportunity to ask questions of a panel of judges, a defense attorney and their elected district attorney during a meeting Monday to learn more about the criminal justice ...

The Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative released a report detailing historical roots and current drivers of mass ...

On Friday, President Donald Trump delivered an unusual speech at the Justice Department. Between fulminating against his ...

Perhaps the most important reason is the children themselves. Children who enter the criminal justice system in Maryland have experienced trauma, abuse, and neglect at staggering rates ...

Following Yagublu’s arrest in December 2023, police searched his home and claim to have found €5,000 (about US$5,427), 2,500 ... pattern of using the criminal justice system to retaliate ...

The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 ...

The judge, Dabney L. Friedrich, chided the department for the way in which it had “abruptly reversed its position” on the ...

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into funding and operations at two Manhattan hotels being used as migrant shelters, according to several reports. Federal prosecutors ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes custody determinations on a case-by-case basis—so what does that mean for criminal prosecutions?