Concerns about crime have been the foundation for decades of get-tough policies aimed at deterring crime. The belief is that ever-greater punishment — by hiring more police, increasing prosecution, ...

Even faced with this year's devastating budget cuts, lawmakers in Virginia's House of Delegates rejected Gov. Tim Kaine's proposal to release select nonviolent inmates as much as 60 days earlier than ...

North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, surrounded by legislators and corrections officials, signs the final of three bills related to criminal justice reform Tuesday, April 29, at the state Capitol in ...

OLYMPIA — Being tougher on crime than the other guys is a popular position. But it's a hard sell when the other guys are a retired state trooper, retired police sergeant, former homicide investigator ...

Reducing Oklahoma's prison population means getting serious and smart about how people with addictions and mental illnesses get treatment, according to state officials and mental health advocates.