After losing his son in a private prison, Tim Leeper fought for reform, and Tennessee lawmakers listened. Now, private prisons with high death rates will face consequences.

In MetroTalk: readers weigh in on Nigel Farage's 'Britannia Card' and ask whether bombing can ever be a path to peace?

A jury returned a not guilty verdict Wednesday on the top charge of murder in the second trial of Karen Read, who was charged ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York State lawmakers have passed prison reform bills aimed at overhauling the state’s watchdog agency, the State Commission of Correction. (SCOC) The bills grant ...

New York lawmakers were planning to pass a package of 10 bills Thursday to reform New York's embattled state prison system, including a proposal to require jailhouses to provide all ...

Criminal justice reform advocates who have prioritized parole and sentencing reform expressed disappointment about their exclusion from the omnibus bill. Jose Saldana, executive director of the ...

A Tennessee businessman and prison reform advocate pardoned by President Donald Trump for federal drug convictions is now second in command of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Joshua J. Smith, 50 ...

At a recent symposium at San Quentin prison, a group of district attorneys from across California met with inmates to talk about the state's model of prison reform.

Everyone wants prison reformed – even Reform. Labour must be bold. There is widespread public support, even among Nigel Farage’s supporters, for increasing community sentences for non-violent ...

COMMENT: There is widespread public support, even among Nigel Farage’s supporters, for increasing community sentences for non-violent crime, writes Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive of the Howard ...

Proposed prison reform would raise prisoners’ pay, control prices, end forced labor by: Johan Sheridan. Posted: May 20, 2025 / 04:05 PM EDT. Updated: May 20, 2025 / 04:05 PM EDT.