House lawmakers are urging passage of a bill to cut back on the tens of thousands of federal criminal statutes and ...

The authors write "The first two months of the Trump Administration have brought deep and widespread changes to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Those changes will likely affect most aspects of the ...

The latest data from the Prison Policy Initiative paints a disturbing picture of how our criminal justice system fails to ...

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 ...

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

President Trump will give a speech focused on “law and order” at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, according to the White House. The president is set to argue there has been a ...

Under existing law, Maryland automatically prosecutes children in the adult system for a long list of crimes—with zero assessment before filing about whether they could be rehabilitated in the ...

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch testified earlier in the day and was not present at the time Bronx District Attorney Darcel ...

A recently implemented law allows people cited for drug possession to access treatment and support services, deflecting them ...

Frank Zufall, Wisconsin Examiner March 10, 2025 The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal Justice Reporting Project shines a light on ...

When she received an invitation to speak at the California Institution for Men, a prison in the city of Chino, California, in August, she saw a new opportunity to help interrupt the cycle of domestic ...

For most criminal defendants in North Carolina jails, this designation leads to a months-long wait for a bed in a state-run ...