Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget proposal maintains a landmark criminal justice law — heading off concerns she'd make changes that ...

Termaine Hicks, who was exonerated after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, will share his ...

The Supreme Court ruled that restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act is criminal punishment, and that the ...

A pair of handcuffs poking through prison bars. Most bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system failed in the session, though advocates were encouraged by the progress of some proposals.

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

Last month, voters in Shelby County, Tennessee, ousted an 11-year incumbent district attorney with a national reputation for being overly-punitive. Amy Weirich aggressively pursued the death penalty, ...

Criminal justice reform advocacy groups plan to support bills targeting parole, prison conditions and the death penalty in the 2026 Alabama legislative session. But advocates also acknowledged that ...

Little Rock-based prison reform advocacy group decARcerate, along with Northwest Arkansas-based Arkansas Justice Reform ...

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 ...