“Ricky” is forging a path toward reintegration and redemption. The drama film presents the story of 30-year-old Ricky (Stephan James) as he tries to live an independent life for the first time after ...

For three-and-a-half years, Maggie Yates helped lead criminal justice reform efforts in Spokane County. The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation had contributed nearly $4.5 million in grants to try to ...

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the ...

Ralph is a professor of anthropology and public affairs at Princeton University. His book SITO: An American teenager and the City that Failed Him, is out now from Grand Central Publishing It was dark ...

Attorney General William Tong, right, and Carleton J. Giles, the chair of the pardons board, in a 2019 file photo. Credit: Mark Pazniokas / CT Mirror CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism ...

We often see reports in the media or directly from law enforcement about people being arrested and held in jail with a bond amount or released after a period of time. I would guess that often citizens ...

The Fair Trial Act and the principle of innocence clearly states the legal system. For people with criminal charges, the process may appear complex and intimidating. This is the very same place where ...

I am disappointed about the misinformation spreading about Nevada’s landmark criminal justice reform bill, Assembly Bill 236, which the Legislature passed and Gov. Steve Sisolak signed in 2019. There ...

There is no denying that racism is a public health emergency in America. A recent commentary published in the Lancet — one of the oldest and most prestigious medical journals — said it plainly: racism ...

If you don’t care about the criminal justice system, just wait until the criminal justice system cares about you or someone you love. An estimated 70 million to 100 million Americans – roughly 1 in 3 ...