Two facilities in South Texas are being readied for undocumented parents and their children. One site began receiving them ...

Nearly 90% of New York City voters support expanding involuntary commitment and care of mentally ill residents roaming the ...

Cleveland police's practice of jailing people without ever being charged is an outlier and raises concerns about fairness in ...

John Owens threw a tantrum inside the Ross County jail. He had burglarized the Central Barbar Shop several weeks before, ...

We must address the daily arrest — and potential expulsion — of hundreds of people who have lived quietly and productively in ...

Immigrants who are cooperating with officials while they apply to stay in the U.S. are now fearful of detention during ...

The Trump administration has restarted the use of immigration detention for children and families after a more than three ...

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 Productivity Commission says governments are shirking "meaningful action" to close the gap, as new data shows only four ...

The search for Chicago’s 42nd U.S. attorney comes at a significant moment in history for an office long extolled as a model ...

Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket's life is still governed by Correctional ...