The state ranks among the worst in the country for women's incarceration rates. Officials say a new, science-backed tool could help lower repeat offenses.

By Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Maria Tsvetkova WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A Vietnamese man with cardiovascular problems collapsed and died in the “Speedway Slammer,” the repurposed Indiana ...

Gavin Newsom has signed into law a change to criminal sentencing practices that gives judges more discretion to decide ...

WASHINGTON >> A Vietnamese man with cardiovascular problems collapsed and died in the “Speedway Slammer,” the repurposed Indiana maximum-security prison that’s become a symbol of the Trump ...

A new California law gives just more flexibility to keep defendants in jail rather than releasing them to community-based mental health treatment programs.

California’s elderly parole program is a fiscally responsible, evidence-based policy that allows rigorous consideration for ...

The mass detentions that hit Ruckersville on June 23 were not the beginning of an effort to expunge undocumented immigrants ...

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Alabama has one of the highest incarceration rates in the nation and recent research showed people released from prison face increased health issues and shorter life spans. A 2026 study from the ...

Wyoming Boys’ School Superintendent Dale Weber denied that the school told employees to downplay the use of force against ...

The death rate inside U.S. immigration detention centers has more than doubled during Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House. Fifty people have died in Department of Homeland Security custody ...