Following a Jan. 12 review of Massachusetts’ criminal justice system, The Council of State Governments confirmed that two in five people released from the Commonwealth’s prisons are freed without the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Mayor Aftab Pureval and Police Chief Teresa Theetge met on Tuesday with the grieving widow of a man killed in his own home in Over-the-Rhine. Both she and the mayor said Cincinnati ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Christina Green, staff attorney at Fair and Just Prosecution and a resident of Suffolk County. New York’s parole system is broken, unjust, and fiscally reckless.

TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s parole system by inmates who were sent to prison decades ago for crimes they committed as juveniles. A ...

A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm ...

Ronnie Carrasquillo served 47 years in prison before being released. Ronnie Carrasquillo served 47 years in prison before being released. A new documentary, “In Their Hands,” highlights his journey ...

Nature of the Crime (now streaming on Max) tackles the kind of topic that HBO documentaries rarely shy away from: a divisive one. Directors Ricki Stern and Jesse Sweet (Netflix’s Surviving Death) ...

A new documentary follows three men as they navigate the complex parole system and deal with its psychological toll after three decades in prison. Watch “Nature of the Crime” Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 10 p ...

Union for state parole agents reacts to coroner's report on parolee Marchello D. Woodard, whom a state parole agent fatally ...

The Massachusetts parole system — or at least, the more than 100 officers charged with helping to enforce its rules — is at a crossroads. Is the main job of officers to help reintegrate the formerly ...