Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore...

Mamdani’s jails commissioner, Stanley Richards, approved the release of four people in just a week.

Opinion: Maryland has made strides in advancing voting rights, but it’s next reform should be to extend the right to vote to people who are incarcerated with felony convictions.

Kareemah Hanifa hopes to be an example to other people who may be afraid to register or don’t know they’ve regained their voter eligibility.

Minnesota has seen an explosion of art made in response to ICE’s presence. Perhaps more than any other art form, artists and designers have made protest posters and signs en masse. “There’s never been...

The Center for American Progress wants Democrats ‘on their front foot’ talking about crime, an issue where Republicans have long held the advantage.

A federal judge found that Virginia’s Constitution broke federal law by stripping the voting rights of every Virginian with a felony.

The state sold the facility that was once Wayne Correctional to Kerwin Pitt of Recidivism Reduction Education Program Services, Inc.

10 states adopted criminal legal reforms in 2025 that may contribute to decarceration, expand voting rights, and advance youth justice.

A Kansas Senate bill would let inmates seek resentencing after a set period of time based on their age during the offense.

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In a small room at the headquarters of the nonprofit decARcerate on Sunday, a group of almost 20 people, led by Kaleem Nazeem, began planning for a fight to win hearts and minds.

It's unclear whether other Bay Area cities will still see surges of federal agents.

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Across the nation, and especially in Philadelphia, homeowners are struggling to maintain aging homes that are crumbling and increasingly expensive to fix.

The same operators that closed facilities plan to reopen them to hold immigrants. Advocates say that puts detainees at risk of violence and mistreatment.

Just days after the U.S. military struck an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean, some of the highest-ranking officials in the American government have signaled they believe they are above the law, so long as whatever they are doing is in service of the wishes of Donald Trump. Former Deputy National Security Advisor to Pres. Obama and Co-Host of ‘Pod Save The World,’ Ben Rhodes, says “We are seeing the language of the war on terror and the multi-decade failed war on drugs merged together with Trump’s authoritarian militaristic impulses, and it’s scary, and it should scare people.”

Proponents began a petition drive to expand voting rights behind bars and to ensure ballot access for those who are still entitled.

We speak with Rachel Griffin Accurso, the educator known to millions around the world as Ms. Rachel, who has become a leading advocate for children in Gaza. Her YouTube channel for young children became...

These three laws are detrimental to public safety and to my ability to fight crime.

In 1983, to help fight the wrongful charge, Calvin Duncan began to teach himself the law, while being held within the Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans. In his new book The Jailhouse Lawyer, co-wri...

Black women are too often criminalized for surviving abuse, miscast as aggressors when we defend ourselves and held to a higher burden of proof

Texas is one of a dozen states that doesn't participate in the Summer EBT program that gives low-income children meals when school is out.

South Dakota is on a path to invest $2 billion into its corrections facilities in the next decade as a result of its stringent crime laws