Too often the debate about criminal justice reform has deteriorated into knee-jerk, quick fixes designed only to address a statistic or to minimize accountability for those who run afoul of our laws.

At both the federal and state level, 2018 was a big year for criminal justice reform. In a bipartisan effort, Congress passed the First Step Act, paving the way for some of the biggest changes to ...

Chairman Chaffetz, Ranking Member Cummings, and distinguished Members of Congress: Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about criminal justice reform, and, more particularly ...

[Read: How criminal-justice reform fell apart] But this is wrong. Much of the bipartisan agreement on criminal-justice reform is alive; its advocates continued to slowly score wins even as crime ...

Key senators say momentum is building for a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, but they have to convince Mitch McConnell to bring it to a vote. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

State legislatures considered a number of criminal justice reform bills around marijuana this year, but most ultimately ...

D uring his campaign for the Oval Office, President Joe Biden made criminal-justice reform a focal point, calling out many problems with the system: over-incarceration, a lack of focus on ...

Criminal justice reform can mean many things, but the most fundamental goals of any reform agenda should be to stop the cycle of crime, reverse mass incarceration and provide a pathway to economic ...

Such acknowledgments are necessary because, without them, “criminal justice reform” is misleading. To preserve the rights and freedoms we enjoy, faith in judicial proceedings is essential.

Osita Nwanevu on the First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal-justice-reform bill that will come to a vote in the Senate with supporters including Ted Cruz, the A.C.L.U., Kirsten Gillibrand, and the ...

Much of the bipartisan agreement on criminal-justice reform is alive; its advocates continued to slowly score wins even as crime rose, and are now still pushing for reforms as it declines again.