Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

The state Supreme Court wants to know how local courts provide lawyers, if any, to poor people after their arrest.

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

In a term marked by rulings limiting immigrants’ rights, the court sided with several other people harmed by the criminal justice system.

The concept takes into account nonphysical tactics abusers use to trap their partners. But some worry the new laws will hurt ...

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.

In a one-page memo issued months into the new policy, prison system officials signaled to county court clerks that they need ...

Federal officials cannot withhold gender-affirming care — for now — from people incarcerated in the Bureau of Prisons, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Under an executive order that President Trump ...