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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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The other, which was published in “Criminology & Public Policy” and co-authored with Professor Don Stemen of Loyola ...

There is still time for the Wisconsin governor to take additional steps toward building a justice system more worthy of that ...

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 ...