Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced his plans to “responsibly” reduce the population in city jails because of a rise in the ...

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno says he’s disappointed, but not done fighting, after his long-sought bail reform bill was ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — Local law enforcement officials are expressing frustration over the increase in repeat offenders, as ...

Despite the Trump administration's shift towards a stricter approach to criminal justice, states have continued to pass bipartisan reforms, indicating that criminal justice reform in the US has become ...

An illegal migrant suspected of raping a 5-year-old girl on Long Island was nearly dumped back on the street thanks to local ...

In 2010, several media organizations challenged the constitutionality of the mandatory nature of the bail-hearing ban, and ...

We first brought you this story in January… a community sounding the alarm following a string of violent crime. Many have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Morgan Trau. A bill introduced by Ohio Republicans would restrict nonprofits like The Bail Project from paying bail, ...

Rates of violence across Ontario jails — both inmate-on-inmate and inmate-on-staff assaults — are rising, according to an ...

An early Tuesday morning shootout in a Moseley neighborhood left homes damaged by gunfire and residents fearful after a ...

A Newfoundland judge was critical of the "jail not bail" movement during a hearing on Tuesday in Harbour Grace, where a man ...

Portage la Prairie Mayor Sharilyn Knox has been nominated for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Award for ...