Two former inmates say the deadly riot at Washington State Prison was preventable, blaming chronic understaffing, unsafe ...

Lawmakers in Arizona prioritize funding for prison oversight and criminal justice reform, with a focus on improving ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday afternoon to reform California's inmate firefighter program. "Inmates who have stood on the frontlines battling historic fires should ...

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

Washington County Coroner Mark Hodges says that it is unclear whether the death is related to the inmate's injuries from the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Criminal Justice Reform has been a pivotal topic in recent years. Jondhi Harrell experienced it all first hand. "I came home in 2009 after serving 18 years straight and it was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. President Donald Trump is in the process of making significant ...

After creating aspirational standards for sex offender rehabilitation, Colorado has systematically failed to provide the ...

In the aftermath of these high-profile killings, some police officers, district attorneys and politicians were quick to use them as examples to show that criminal justice reform had let dangerous ...

Some Oklahoma lawmakers and a group against the state’s death penalty met Tuesday to ask for clemency for Kendrick Simpson.

Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...

(Special to The Root) — After more than 10 years of advocacy, the Federal Communications Commission is finally going to take a stand on the predatory phone rates charged to the families of prisoners.