Some states keep adding beds in already troubled facilities, while others are trying alternative approaches to detention or ...

Stakeholders in the nation’s criminal justice administration have identified ways to address inherent challenges hampering the effectiveness of the system. They identified some of such challenges to ...

Giving these teens another chance can break the cycle of negative behavior and provide them with the right mindset and ...

A new report found the justice system is failing women at nearly every turn, from when they are victims of crime to when they ...

They’ve struggled with addiction. They’ve struggled with abuse and trauma. They’ve struggled with mental health issues. And those struggles have led to time behind bars. This month the nonprofit ...

Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.

Josh Spickler and Yonée Gibson discuss issues affecting the local criminal justice system. Just City’s Executive Director Josh Spickler and Just City’s Program and People Experience Manager Yonée ...

Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...

A K5 robot used by the New York City Police Department in the Times Square subway station in 2023. A K5 robot used by the New York City Police Department in the Times Square subway station in ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Wrongful Conviction Day was Thursday, October 2, and groups gathered at the State Capitol to highlight the issue of wrongful incarceration, with many advocating for wrongly ...

The director of a Clark County committee tasked with solving criminal justice issues, including delays in testing and court appearances after DUI arrests, faces her own ...