Liberals have often cited the need for criminal justice reform. However, it is conservatives that appear to making more headway.

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As Democrats head into a new legislative session and reevaluate their priorities, criminal justice reform advocates are not backing off their push for sentencing reform. They plan to hold rallies ...

Not that long ago, in the summer of 2020, the moment seemed ripe for meaningful criminal-justice reform in America. Millions of people joined demonstrations denouncing the police killings of Breonna ...

The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that helps thousands of incarcerated people get out of jail as they await trial, closed its Atlanta branch on Monday due to a new Georgia law that strictly ...

Congress eliminated parole from the federal criminal justice system in 1984, but it didn’t completely do away with post-release supervision. About 3 of every 4 people leaving federal prison remain ...

Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank. Yet beneath the noise, bipartisan criminal justice reform not only shows signs of life but may even be regaining momentum, even as Trump engages in ...

In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility late last year, lawmakers in Albany are now set to approve a new omnibus bill meant to increase ...

As complex discussions around youth-involved crimes continue across the state, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender hosted a session titled “In Defense of Us – Championing for Children: ...

The inspiring journey of Jarett Adams, who was wrongfully imprisoned as a teenager and later became a lawyer fighting for ...