Center for American Progress, along with 13 prominent national organizations representing the political left and right, released a sweeping set of shared principles for criminal justice policy change ...

Colorado passes a law to improve treatment for individuals with behavioral health issues within the justice system.

A campaigner has discovered through public access to information that the Supreme Court is contending with a backlog of 73 ...

Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail is set to undergo a nearly $270 million maintenance and repair transformation thanks to a decision by the county Board of ...

Pennsylvania scores very low – with a D grade – in Shared Hope International’s 2023 analysis of how the state handles child and youth sex trafficking. Its mark of 62 out of 100 is weighed down by ...

A senior official in Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's Justice Department told staff on Monday that he has been ...

On May 12, 2025, the current head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division issued fresh guidance to all personnel under his purview ...

Gun violence disproportionately affects communities of color, reinforcing racial disparities within the criminal justice system. This issue is closely ...