Despite Trump’s punitive spectacles, criminal justice reform efforts persist across states, and there’s hope for effective policies.

Economist Jennifer Doleac argues that policymakers should rely on measurable outcomes rather than assumptions when designing ...

A proposal to convert Alcatraz Island back into a functioning federal prison is being criticized by criminal justice ...

Opinion: This year, Maryland lawmakers took meaningful steps to expand second chances in both the youth and adult justice ...

The executive order, which acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche signed Thursday, does not address current penalties for possessing ...

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Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families and a leading advocate for criminal ...

Criminal justice reformers are destroying the trust in the criminal justice system that is necessary for the system to operate, and they are doing so by misleading victims and the public about how ...

In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility late last year, lawmakers in Albany are now set to approve a new omnibus bill meant to increase ...

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner earned rare praise from Democratic lawmakers Thursday for his effort to reform the state's criminal justice system. Rauner - the super-wealthy, fiscally conservative ...

The Trump administration's reclassification of medical marijuana has sparked debate over its impact on criminal justice ...

The Alabama Legislature this year approved several bills giving parolees the right to participate in hearings and requiring ...