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 ...

Legislation was introduced this year, but it never received a public hearing. Advocates want lawmakers to consider a similar ...

Multnomah County probation and parole officers are jailing fewer people for minor parole violations than they did in 2019, but those who do land behind bars are staying much longer, according to a new ...

*The rush is on for O.J. Simpson’s first post-parole television interview in the event that he’s actually released. Legal experts expect Simpson, who was sentenced in 2008 for armed robbery and ...

Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward declined to meet one-on-one with the Indiana Parole Board, saying he wanted to spare the family of his victim from traveling to the state prison in Michigan City for the ...

Kenneth West, convicted of the 1983 murder of Josephine O'Keefe, was granted parole after serving only 18 years of a 25-to-life sentence due to a sentencing oversight. West's parole approval sparked ...