People with mental illness are significantly overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Each year, roughly two ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Dane County is receiving two national grants to address housing solutions and the intersection of justice ...

"But we also acknowledge that the intention of the Young Offenders Act is to give young offenders every opportunity to be diverted away from the criminal justice system, and I think by and large ...

David Lammy inspired a proposed major change to how criminals are sentenced that critics say will treat criminals differently based on their ethnicity, it has been revealed. A 2017 review of the ...

The conservative Pelican Institute has released a report outlining four ways to reduce criminal recidivism and thus make ...

The Scottish government said the reforms put victims rights at the "heart of the justice system". Barristers in NI will scale back industrial action from 1 March, but will continue to refuse some ...

Community members had a rare opportunity to ask questions of a panel of judges, a defense attorney and their elected district attorney during a meeting Monday to learn more about the criminal justice ...

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and National Women's Justice Coalition report on creating a criminal justice system ...

I recently took a class called “Punishment & Inequality” where we talked about the deeply rooted flaws of the American criminal justice system. As a criminology major, I’ve learned much about law ...

The inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told lawmakers he is investigating the use of a new data system at the agency that has been part of a broader effort by Elon Musk ...

Roswell N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with four other agencies ... been arrested or convicted of serious criminal offenses, such as homicide, criminal ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin is ...