I spoke to Zamora back in March. She described how her brother’s incarceration fueled her interest in criminal justice reform, why this issue isn’t as simple as the left vs the right, and how ...

Unlikely allies worked to pass probation reform bills last year that created a workgroup to refine the proposal this year. The group, as well as a coalition of criminal justice reform organizations, ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget proposal maintains a landmark criminal justice law — heading off concerns she'd make changes that ...

Termaine Hicks, who was exonerated after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, will share his ...

The rapper founded REFORM Alliance, a new criminal justice reform organization. Platinum-selling rapper Meek Mill appeared on "Good Morning America" Thursday and reflected on how the challenges he ...

The Marion County Family Youth and Intervention Center, which opened last fall on the east side of Indianapolis, was created to divert juveniles from the justice system early by giving those in crisis ...

Last month, voters in Shelby County, Tennessee, ousted an 11-year incumbent district attorney with a national reputation for being overly-punitive. Amy Weirich aggressively pursued the death penalty, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mural painted on Twee's Foods Store in Houston honors George Floyd. The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has ...

In the wake of Robert Brooks’ death at the hands of corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility late last year, lawmakers in Albany are now set to approve a new omnibus bill meant to increase ...

A range of issues, ranging from outdated processes to systemic inefficiencies, were cited by a judicial officer in the need ...