As the country grapples with a racial reckoning, local activists, organizers and officials weigh in on Madison’s documented disparities and what criminal justice reform could mean here.
Gov. Tony Evers said he is making criminal justice reform his number one priority this year. That could mean changes to the state’s use of solitary confinement.
Joel Francisco was 14 years into a life sentence for selling crack cocaine when he got his second chance.
Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates left prison Monday before their original sentences were over. And bipartisan lawmakers couldn't be happier.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced Saturday that she would attend the "Second Step Presidential Justice Forum" at Benedict College in South Carolina -- reversing a Friday decision to skip the cattle call, which set off President Donald Trump's ire when she said that it was because he received an award for criminal justice reform.
Pete Buttigieg unveiled his criminal justice plan on Saturday, coinciding with a two-day swing through South Carolina -- a state where he has struggled to gain traction with African American voters -- and his participation in a presidential candidate criminal justice forum.
Kim Kardashian West is joining the fight to save a Texas death row inmate set to be executed next month.
President Donald Trump criticized CNN host Van Jones at length on Friday during a speech to the Young Black Leadership Summit, a conservative event at the White House.
Justice ReMix'd is Ben & Jerry's newest flavor, but it's more than just delicious.
Since she helped free Alice Marie Johnson, reality TV star Kim Kardashian West has gotten the bug for political activism -- specifically prison reform.
Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black" has launched a project to allow for life to imitate art in one of the most powerful ways.
Nearly 3,100 federal inmates will walk out of prison on Friday as a provision of the sweeping criminal justice reform act passed by Congress takes effect.
Tonight, 10 challengers for the Democratic 2020 presidential nomination will face off in the first debate of the season. After months of campaign coverage, the two-hour event will finally give voters a chance to watch Democratic candidates exchange views on a variety of issues, from health care and immigration to taxes and climate change. While they will likely spend a fair amount of time attacking the policies of President Donald Trump, the debate will also be an opportunity for candidates...
President Donald Trump nominated a top police official on Friday to serve as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, elevating a key supporter of a White House-backed sentencing measure to the federal agency.
President Donald Trump granted full pardons to a conservative advocate and a former newspaper publisher who recently wrote a book praising the President, the White House announced Wednesday.
Senators of both parties on Thursday moved forward their long-odds legislation to enact some degree of reform for the federal criminal justice system.
Leaders of the influential Koch network are downplaying the challenge Attorney General Jeff Sessions might pose to their objectives on criminal justice reform, which the network said would be a key policy focus this year.
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