mass incarceration

Two Democrat lawmakers have introduced legislation aimed at reducing the population of incarcerated individuals in the country while also providing grants to states that achieve such objectives. The "Smart Sentencing ...

Commentary Nearly 75 percent of individuals incarcerated in state prisons do not have a high school diploma. Only about 15 percent ...

Commentary The successful flight of former automobile executive Carlos Ghosn to his native Lebanon from the kangaroo court ...

A groundbreaking pilot program between the Philadelphia District Attorney's office and the city's community college to trade prison ...

Conservative criminal justice reform advocates are making the case that reducing the prison population, treating drug addiction, and ...

You may have heard there’s a growing political movement against mass incarceration. Someone should clue in the judges.

Officials who built their careers on mass incarceration are now calling for this madness to end.

The tragic shooting of Officer Randolph Holder raises questions about how drug courts vet for diversion program participants.

Stephanie George has never used drugs, but she earned a prison sentence of life without parole for a ...

Holder spoke emphatically about something he has frequently vocalized throughout his six-year tenure.

Grammy-winning artists John Legend and Common gave impassioned speeches about voting rights and mass incarceration at Sunday's Oscars ...

Though some cities profit from collecting fines on poor defendants and jailing them when they can't pay up, ...