“It’s possible that the new justice could look more like the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who was very deferential to government interests in the criminal sphere almost across the board,” he ...

Is it possible for victim advocates and jail reduction advocates to find common cause? To begin to answer this question, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Center for Court ...

A prisoner is in long-term solitary confinement. For six months, he has been on isolation status, and has been allowed nothing other than some hygiene products and clothing. Down the cellblock ...

With Bill Barr’s much-anticipated resignation as Attorney General, all eyes are now turned to whom President-elect Joe Biden will pick to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ). It is an agency ...

Who’ll Shoot First? How Relaxed Gun Rules Fuel a ‘Small Arms Race’ By TCR Staff 5 Mins Read Photo by thinkidentical via Flickr ...

Police shootings and former Dallas Chief David O. Brown head TCR’s list of top criminal justice stories and newsmakers for 2016. Readers and contributors also selected Donald Trump's election ...

When it comes to public safety and criminal justice, New York officials' priorities ran the gamut from expansion of surveillance to funding for legal representation for immigrants.

Home » College Behind Bars? Many Prisoners Still Miss Out Newsletter Top August 18, 2022 ...

About midway through the documentary, Sterling’s role changes from war-on-drugs historian and de facto narrator to confessor of mass incarceration’s original sin. As a House staffer, Sterling ...

Last spring, 75-year old Kanda Aromdee walked into a Chase bank in upper Manhattan and withdrew $10,000, while two men waited for her outside. By this time, she was afraid. The men had approached ...

As Democratic presidential contenders squared off last week, a TCR columnist said "reimagining" the US prison system was among the few issues that had potential for winning bipartisan support.

No one was certain what was happening. The nation’s “official” crime data, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), were of little help because the data are disseminated long after they are ...