Despite work to improve the justice system, insufficient attention is paid to conditions behind bars. Prisons and jails must ...

Last month, the U.S. state with the highest rate of incarceration (in the country with the largest prison population) took steps to reduce its incarceration of non-violent offenders. Oklahoma’s ...

Recently, the North Dakota legislature passed bills referred to as “Justice Reinvestment.” These measures were designed to decrease the number of convicted individuals sent to prison. Incarceration ...

For the thousands of Californians with criminal records, the consequences of their mistakes continue to haunt them and hamper their ability to thrive long after they have served their debt to society.

In April 1993, Georgia instituted new parole guidelines that led to longer prison terms for parole-eligible offenders. This paper shows that an extra year of prison reduces the three-year recidivism ...

The celebrity host: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The challenge: 38 young convicted felons who must make it through four grueling months in a boot camp rehabilitation program, or face prison sentences ...

Written following his return from 10 years in Siberian exile, Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” follows the story of Rodion Raskolnikov as he grapples with mental anguish after killing a pawnbroker.

Brown County's seven treatment court programs seek to address the root causes leading repeat offenders to crime.

If you grew up poor like me and many others in this state, then you understand the struggle to escape the shackles of your lackluster surroundings. If you are black, and especially a black male, then ...