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MPs propose new post-sentence laws after Supreme Court rights ruling

Toward correction that respects and redeems

In addition to education or job skills programs, some U.S. prison systems are demonstrating that upholding individuals’ dignity and capacity to reform can promote wider and more la...

Correctional Officer Faces Court Over Alleged Prison Contraband

A correctional officer has been charged after allegedly attempting to bring prohibited items into the […] The post Correctional Officer Faces Court Over Alleged Prison Contraband a...

Correctional officer, inmates accused of seeking to bring contraband into Lafourche Parish prison

A former correctional officer, along with three inmates and a former dating partner of an inmate have been accused of conspiring to bring drugs and a weapon into the Lafourche Pari...

Corrections

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Marsha McFadden, managing editor/news, a...

Corrections

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Marsha McFadden, managing editor/news, a...

Corrections

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Marsha McFadden, managing editor/news,...

Corrections

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Marsha McFadden, managing editor/news,...

Corrections

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Marsha McFadden, managing editor/news,...

Confiscation reform and meaningful recovery

Crime.

Lawmakers venture to the Springfield prison

Governor agrees to revamp prisoner review board after trooper’s murderer paroled

Read ArticleGov. Laura Kelly signed a bill that will overhaul the state Prisoner Review Board, which came under fierce criticism last summer when it paroled the murderer of a state...

Inside correctional approaches to addiction care

With overdose rates rising, correctional facilities are playing a critical role in substance use treatment.

Editorial: New jail will serve multiple needs

Construction of a new jail in Halawa to replace the deteriorating Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) must not be delayed any longer. It’s time for the state and its Departme...

New York advocates, lawmakers push sentencing reform

Thomas Gant joins Capital Tonight.

Ayotte, law enforcement officials tout bail law changes

Ayotte, law enforcement officials tout bail law changes

Ayotte, law enforcement officials tout bail law changes

Ayotte, law enforcement officials tout bail law changes

Former correction officer convicted of manslaughter in Harlem man's death

The victim died after a beating at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County. [ more › ]

Sixth Amendment-Harmless Error

Now was charged with and convicted of disorderly conduct and felony bail jumping, after a physical altercation at a bar with John Keller. The post Sixth Amendment-Harmless Error fi...

Lawmakers Got Serious — The Justice System Refused to Change

(Citizens for a New Louisiana) — During Louisiana’s 2024 crime session, the Legislature — at the direction of Governor Jeff Landry — presented a sweeping set of criminal justice re...

Can Zohran Mamdani’s New Correction Commissioner Solve the Problem of Rikers?

Stanley Richards brings faith in reform and his own experience of incarceration to an ongoing crisis.

Ontario Expanding Adult Correctional Capacity to Keep Dangerous Offenders Behind Bars

Province adding more than 2,500 permanent jail beds across the province

The right kind of criticism

No institution is above criticism in a democracy; even the justice system is subject to judgment for its decisions and how it handles cases.

Lawmakers demand details about Rikers grievance overhaul

The City Council this week demanded the Department of Correction answer long-ignored questions about how it's changed – or hasn’t changed – its often criticized process for fie...