Collection rates have fallen below 40%, and most of the debt is now older than five years and effectively uncollectible, ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is backing several bills to speed up the criminal justice process, including stricter ...

For Assemblymember Jordan Wright, pushing for a fairer criminal justice system is a family affair. The 31-year-old first-term Democrat representing Harlem is sponsoring a bill that would require law ...

A man accused of a brutal assault at Austin's Central Library was offered mental health treatment in lieu of prison time.

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Despite the Trump administration's shift towards a stricter approach to criminal justice, states have continued to pass bipartisan reforms, indicating that criminal justice reform in the US has become ...

Lawyers for a fired Justice Department lawyer say the agency’s inspector general appears to have ignored at least 20 ...

A woman who was homeless for years in Anaheim is sharing her story of survival after she was able to avoid jail time and seek ...

Justice in Action displayed over 650 marshmallow Peeps at the Lancaster County Justice Center, each representing a jail ...

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is taking steps to shorten some criminal sentences by handing down the state’s first commutations ...

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