The Georgia Department of Corrections is in freefall. By the time the US Department of Justice opened an investigation in…
Families of incarcerated people are pressuring Massachusetts state lawmakers to pass a bill to rule out building any new jails…
In 2018, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) implemented a Graduated Reentry (GRE) program, allowing eligible prisoners to serve…
The man at the center of a pivotal legal battle over access to methadone while incarcerated has been held in…
Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal is resigning in the wake of highly publicized allegations against BOP staff, including…
In 2017, at the American Society of Criminology’s annual conference in Philadelphia, then-President James P. Lynch gave a speech about…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declined to pursue decarceration for the Rikers Island jail complex at a press…
A District Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction to ensure that a 35-year-old Watertown, New York, resident can continue…
On February 25, a Washington Supreme Court ruling—commonly known as the Blake decision—effectively decriminalized drug possession in the state. Lawmakers…
Jerome Maynor, 71-year-old Black man with opioid use disorder (OUD), was prescribed methadone. His medication was working for him and…