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 ...

Illinois introduces new laws in 2023 covering tenant rights, criminal justice reform, and personal data protection for public ...

We need criminal justice reform now more than ever. Despite strides made in various facets of American society, the treatment of individuals behind bars remains shockingly inhumane. The recent ...

His decision to retain NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch signaled a degree of capitulation, but there are issues and decisions to come that will reveal Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s commitment to ...

The discussion of criminal justice reform in the U.S. reaches beyond political party lines, with many advocating for change as unjust convictions have come to light over the past 20 years.

Over the years, Massachusetts’s rate of incarceration, as well as its prison population, have been on the decline. At the same time, watchdogs and prison reform advocates continue to call out the ...

Aug 12, 2025 Aug 12, 2025 Updated Sep 19, 2025 0 A new report claims that judicial reform enacted by state voters in 2016 has saved more than $200 million in diverted correctional costs but that more ...

Governor Kathy Hochul sometimes reminds me of my first teachers, the mostly Irish nuns from the Dominican Sisters order who ran the Annunciation School on West 131st Street in Harlem in the 1960s. I ...

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Last week would have been my father Robert F. Kennedy’s 99th birthday. As attorney general, his career — and enduring legacy — was built on his commitment to the fair, just and equal application of ...

Criminal justice reform advocates in New York are making their case for fixes to the parole system in 2025. Advocates and elected officials held rallies across the state on Thursday calling for the ...