Commentators argue that African Americans in law enforcement can play a primary role in tackling the historic legacy of police racism. But first they have to get in the door. Interviews with criminal ...

With a 12th person dying in jail this year, the brutal conditions that have long characterized Rikers Island are once again on display. What we’re witnessing should compel us to act. Officials must ...

Donald was first incarcerated when he was just seven years old. A poor kid with an under-resourced single mother, Donald was first kicked out of kindergarten for throwing tantrums. Two years later, ...

Take a look at the two well-circulated graphs below. If you agree with them, you are in alignment not just with the law, but with contemporary mores that stipulate the sole cause of rape and domestic ...

The warnings about Florida student Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expulsion from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing images and ...

Discipline in New York’s prison system has only gotten more unequal. New York’s Inspector General Lucy Lang confirmed a significant racial disparity exists between the discipline of white incarcerated ...

As a result of a lawsuit filed last year by the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia’s court leadership has agreed to changes that could lead to many more people being released before trial. Now, it’s ...

This week, Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., who chaired Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee, asked a federal judge to dismiss charges in connection with his alleged illegal lobbying for the United Arab ...

New York City’s DNA database has grown by nearly 29 percent over the last two years, and now has 82,473 genetic profiles, becoming a potentially potent tool for law enforcement but one that operates ...

The Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings had at least two things in common: The shooters were 18 years old, and they had both legally purchased their own assault rifles. The shooters’ young age was not ...

Karim Elkorany, a former United Nations employee and State Department contractor, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Manhattan judge for the rape of at least 13 victims and drugging of at ...

That question is so fundamental that even when—or maybe especially when—there is a life in the balance our courts try to duck it. Any system that cares about ...