The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local ...

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King’s words evoke a powerful image, but also leave much to the imagination. What should justice look like ...

Many of the most serious human rights violations in the US occur within the criminal legal system and target people of color. This system is plagued with injustices, including policies that ...

It's a shame that on an issue like paring back the needlessly punitive aspects of the criminal justice system—on which Republicans and Democrats broadly agreed with one another very recently ...

As Peter Enns concluded in Incarceration Nation, his study of 60 years of public-opinion data on criminal-justice policy, the public has been moving in a less punitive direction (after first ...

Discover the mixed bag of legislation passed and vetoed during the Nevada legislative session, including justice reforms and ...

The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local ...