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

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

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

The Bureau of Prisons’ new deputy director’s past incarceration has drawn outrage from some officers — and support from ...

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

An anti-drug smuggling policy has slowed the delivery of time-sensitive court documents as prison staff read letters ...

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

Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.

Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it ...

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

The Feds Are Offering Migrants Cash to Self-Deport. Lawyers Call These Incentives Misleading. The government’s offer to pay a stipend, waive fees, and let people return legally to the U.S. go against ...

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