Todd Sidesinger was taken to Pennsylvania’s York County Prison for unpaid fees. His family says the jail’s medical neglect led to his death just two days later.

People living paycheck-to-paycheck and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by criminal justice fines and fees. The consequences for being unable to afford to pay them can be severe an...

Coventry City will return to the Premier League for the first time in 25 years after securing their promotion from the Championship with a draw at Blackburn.

The Fines and Fees Justice Center's Campaigns to Break the Invisible Shackles of Court Fees and Fines w/Dylan Hayre and Emily King

Incarcerated journalist Antoine Davis reports on the psychological and physical effects of being forced to work on the hazmat team in solitary.

The Trump administration refuses to take accountability for the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee left to die in the freezing cold by Border Patrol agents. Justice must be served for M...

A new report from advocates and researchers argues that California spends millions incarcerating elderly women who pose little threat to public safety, even as their health declines and costs increase...

The Cicero Institute, a well-funded think tank, is behind a coordinated policy effort that has led to 22 states considering or enacting laws that increase penalties on people experiencing homelessness...

Ione residents say state and local agencies have refused to take accountability for elevated cancer rates and other health issues linked to water contamination at Mule Creek State Prison

The legislation was voted out of committee last May. It would give judges more discretion to waive fines and fees for poor defendants.

Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives voted to approve HB 774. The measure, sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Vice Chair Jennifer Decker, would increase transparency in Kentucky’s criminal justice

Holland, who once compared a Black child to a dog, has had a career mired in controversy. That hasn’t stopped him from becoming the de facto frontrunner of his judicial race.

The DOJ's Recognition and Accreditation program enables non-attorneys to assist immigrants with needs including naturalization petitions and immigration court appearances.

The California Senate Public Safety Committee approved Senate Bill 941, which would limit price markups on goods sold in privately run ICE detention facility commissaries to 35% of vendor cost.

The Justice Department has waived a policy requiring newly hired federal prosecutors to possess at least one year of experience practicing law, as US attorneys’ offices struggle to find qualified repl...

NSO Group’s and Paragon’s targeting of American markets warrant evaluation of spyware’s potential implications for domestic criminal justice.

A group activity where everything was due yesterday and it’s not clear what actually matters. That’s how one of my mentors defined campaign work.

Years after voters amended the state's constitution to ban forced labor in prison, a court ruling could finally make Colorado change how prison guards "compel and coerce" work.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal this month from death row inmate Terry Pitchford who was denied relief by the Mississippi Supreme Court after his attorneys claimed Black people were illegal...

<p>Although America’s victims’ rights movement has achieved enhanced punishments and important rights for victims in criminal cases, it has accomplished little

A man on death row wanted DNA on evidence in his case tested. He was executed before the court made a ruling.

This morning’s Supreme Court order list only grants certiorari on one civil case (even though there is no shortage of regular re-lists as John Elwood tracks at SCOTUSblog). But the short orde…

A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

​"This kind of quota system mirrors the kind of policies that white supremacist groups, including the Klan, pushed for 100 years ago."