26 Aug North Carolina Joins List of States With Criminal Justice Reform
In 2021, more than a dozen states have passed criminal justice reform measures, and North Carolina is primed to add its name to the list.
In 2021, more than a dozen states have passed criminal justice reform measures, and North Carolina is primed to add its name to the list.
In his final day in office, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo granted clemency to six people, one-tenth of one percent of those in the state's prisons.
Clyde Beasley spent many years behind bars in a California prison for a crime he didn’t commit. As a free man, he launched The Prison Reform Project, a nonprofit dedicated to helping other wrongfully convicted prisoners and their families.
The taxpayer consequences of police misconduct is well known, but a lawsuit against a New Orleans prosecutor shows that police aren't alone.
It's hard to find fair coverage of the crime rate, but letters to the editor show that people know that the same failed policies won't work.
Back in March, USP Atlanta housed 1800 people. Now, only 134 people reside there amid a corruption investigation.
Reporting suggests that the BOP holds nearly $150 million in its prisoners' accounts but has little to no oversight of that money.
Oregon prison conditions stay in headlines as COVID-19 explodes, a 42-year-old prisoner dies and a federal lawsuit is filed.
Prosecutors overcharging defendants has become the rule, not the exception, in the criminal justice system. It's fair to ask why.
New York City has recently become one of several places in the country to try replacing police with a mental health response team for non-violent emergency calls, yielding some positive early results.