DOCCS has canceled personal and legal visits across all New York State prisons, sparking outrage and calls for immediate ...

Maryland lawmakers debate reforming the state's practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court. A key ...

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.

The legislation was proposed by Republicans in the House and Senate but is supported by Democrats and has a broad coalition ...

Ill-advised sentencing reforms and a political drive to appear "tough on crime" have pushed Britain's justice system to the ...

Brian Anderson knee-caps politicians for work. He also helped nab a Trump pardon for accused drug trafficker Ross Ulbricht.

Britain’s overcrowded jails are becoming increasingly lawless and harsh sentencing is playing its role, according to a former ...

Successive governments trying to look "tough on crime" have driven a rising prison population that's overwhelmed the system, ...

In a 13-page sentencing memo, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen and Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky argue that Becker “has shown no remorse.” The prosecutors cite a report where ...

Alice Marie Johnson was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction when the president commuted her sentence in ...

Brandon Bailey's defense attorney successfully sought a sentence below an already agreed upon plea deal after he shot at ...