Over the past 35 years, drugs have played a significant role in the incarceration of women, resulting in a 216% increase in arrests during that period, according to the Prison
At least 27 people in the United States have been exonerated after faulty bitemark matching put them behind bars — but not before they lost a combined total of 450 years
The rate of violent crimes, excluding simple assault, dropped 15% from 2018 to 2019 and 27% for women, according to a recent report released by the federal Bureau of Justice
Citing an increase in threats to federal judges and other public officials, state attorneys general of both parties are urging Congress to act.
The National Association of Attorneys General is
A newly released study from the Death Penalty Information Center takes an in-depth look at the pervasive racial discrimination used when imposing the death penalty, in bringing charges and in
A study recently released by the Prison Policy Initiative shows very few people released before trial go out and commit another crime while awaiting their court date.
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A new study commissioned by the Council on Criminal Justice shows a disproportionate number of young black men jailed on felony charges remain incarcerated as jail populations changed in reaction
More than 7,000 federal prisoners saw their sentences reduced by the 2018 First Step Act. But hundreds of those people face deportation.
Some call First Step an example of
Lisa Marie Montgomery is 52 and mentally ill, living on a cocktail of psychotropic drugs that only occasionally help her recognize the reality of her federal prison cell.
She is
As COVID-19 cases rose, fell and now rise again across the country, prisons and youth detention facilities have consistently continued to see high numbers of infection and yes, death, leading
Smartphone users may not know it, but their mobile devices could allow police and other government agents to track their whereabouts even if they’ve done nothing wrong.
If you
Sales of “ghost guns,” do-it-yourself kits that offer almost everything needed to build a gun, have been steadily rising for several years, but have reached new highs during the COVID-19
