Police are preparing for a surge in crime that could see hundreds of thousands more offences committed in just one year, if Government prison sentence reforms go ahead. Plans proposed under the ...
Judge Bennett retired from the federal bench in 2019, and is now Director Emeritus of the Institute for Justice Reform & Innovation at Drake University Law School. Judge Bennett retired from the ...
The First Step Act represented one of the most significant federal prison reform efforts in decades. Passed with bipartisan support in 2018, the law was intended to reduce recidivism, expand ...
The Communities Not Cages campaign is advocating for the passage of three sentencing reform bills in the 2026 legislative session: the Second Look Act, the Earned Time Act and the Marvin Mayfield Act.
Missouri’s moniker as the Show-Me State is said to originate from a Congressman who said that his midwestern roots preferred ...
After calls for prison reform after the deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an omnibus bill to enact transformational changes within state prisons and local jails.
ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) – The family of a man beaten to death at Marcy Correctional Facility is calling for further prison returns. Robert Brooks was killed in December 2024, which set off a wave of ...
MARCY, N.Y. — The community of Marcy has seen two different prison deaths in the past year that have gained national attention. The deaths of Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi has sparked many ...
South Dakota’s Correctional Rehabilitation Task Force meets Wednesday in Sioux Falls to discuss a prison seminary program, ...
CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire prison inmates would be paroled at least nine months before their maximum sentences end so they can be supervised as they transition back into their communities, under ...
LWV-Mobile caps off its 2015-16 season with Federal Defender Carlos Williams, who will draw upon four decades of fighting in the courtroom for poor and disadvantaged clients, as the League continues ...