A Manatee County judge’s decision to dismiss a murder charge in a Bradenton shooting is drawing outrage from the victim’s family and local activists. The court ruling cites Florida’s “stand your ...

Racial justice considerations inform all our ... transform the criminal legal system; ... In 2019, Human Rights Watch analyzed data around policing, poverty, and racial inequality in the city.

An examination of Sedgwick County’s bail system found practices that exacerbate inequality within the criminal justice system ...

Let’s end health care inequality in the justice system by Evan Bayh, opinion contributor - 08/21/24 9:30 AM ET ...

Fact 4: Justice system injustices affect Native women, too. It cannot be denied that similar to their male counterparts, Black women also face injustice with regard to the justice system.

The number of American children and teenagers in juvenile detention has sharply declined over the last few decades, but as overall numbers decrease, data shows Black and Native American youth are ...

Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report highlighting the urgent need for Medicaid expansion in the ...

DESOTO CO., Miss. — An attorney is warning DeSoto County families about a problem that he says is happening within the juvenile system. Attorney Henry E. Reaves III, owner and founder of Reav… ...

Starting in the late 1990s and 2000s, Wisconsin’s “truth-in-sentencing” law, which requires people convicted of crimes to serve their full prison sentences with longer paroles, resulted in both a ...

Black and Mixed Heritage children in England face harsher penalties than their White peers even when they have committed the same offences, according to a new report co-authored by academics from ...