After months of planning, Multnomah County leaders have decided on a location in Southeast Portland for a new permanent ...

Persevere, a program piloted last year in the Florida Department of Corrections, teaches eligible inmates to become ...

The trustee program allows low-level offenders to service different cleaning or work details. According to county officials, there are just over 40 inmates in the program.

The Lebanon County district attorney stood by Jonathan Hess after his October arrest and blamed stress for his driving at ...

SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 20. Brown was ...

The Washington Department of Corrections rarely releases people directly into homelessness. But that hasn’t halted the prison ...

If my drug court can help one person, it was successful. If one person gets their dad back or their mom back, it’s a ...

Brigitte Biffle, Oklahoma County's chief public defender, carries on work of Bob Ravitz, the longtime chief who died after ...

Public Defender Melody Anchietta looked around the Laramie County District Court for her client, but Aja Unique Johnson, who ...

During its Jan. 7 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court swore in officials elected in the Nov. 5 general election and ...

Philadelphia’s district attorney and local leaders discussed ongoing enforcement and prevention efforts, in holding juveniles ...

The goal is to prevent young people from getting a criminal record and time in jail, giving them a better shot at reducing ...