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 ...

A bill advanced in Olympia that may lead to a floor vote on one of the most significant law and justice bills of this session. It involves sentencing reform.

“Under the current arrangement, eight months is considered a year in prison rather than the standard twelve months, which affects sentencing weight and undermines justice,” she argue ...

Reform UK has topped a national opinion poll for the first time in the wake of the sentencing of the Southport killer. Nigel Farage’s party, which has accused Sir Keir Starmer of being part of a ...

The Government has slapped down calls - including by Reform UK - to consider bringing back capital punishment. It follows the sentencing of Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana, who had a history of ...

Ill-advised sentencing reforms and a political drive to appear "tough on crime" have pushed Britain's justice system to the brink of collapse, according to a damning new report. The Independent ...

Congress has undertaken some sentencing reform in recent years in an effort to close the gap between punishments for officers and enlisted personnel. But advocates say lawmakers need to do more to ...

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

Extensive evidence shows the government’s plan to legislate mandatory minimum sentences for hate crimes, including ...