Reforms to the juvenile justice system are poised to be debated during the 2026 Maryland General Assemble session that opens ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Justice Department plans to expand gun-rights protections with a new office in its civil rights division dedicated to enforcing the U.S. constitutional right to bear ...

A detention officer at the Smith County Juvenile Attention Center suffered significant head trauma Saturday morning and was hospitalized after a juvenile inmate allegedly struck him with a detached ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Attorneys are seeking shorter prison terms for 18 California inmates, citing “gross racial disparities” in how ...

When California lawmakers approved the Racial Justice Act in August 2020 — just months after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd — many backers had high hopes it would help undo years of ...

Knox County leaders state the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center is safe, but a state report found 94 deficiencies. The author, a nurse practitioner, argues that systemic failures put ...

The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 is the basic law governing federal reviews of construction projects’ environmental impacts. Unfortunately, it has evolved into an environmentally ...

SAN JOSE – The ACLU is suing the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office to obtain a cache of charging data it says it needs to evaluate the county’s compliance with racial-equity legislation, ...

The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and has backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, with the process snarled by a lack of ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. When 17-year-old ...

A juvenile was fatally struck by a vehicle in the Lake Linganore area Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred in the area of Rockridge Court in the Pinehurst subdivision of Lake Linganore. Sarah ...