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An independent review made 130 recommendations - including creating a new criminal justice adviser to the PM - to improve the efficiency of the system.

I spoke to Zamora back in March. She described how her brother’s incarceration fueled her interest in criminal justice reform, why this issue isn’t as simple as the left vs the right, and how ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah and Salt Lake were mystified by what they saw when they toured Miami-Dade County to see how leaders there handled "high utilizers" within the homeless population during a trip ...

A new class at the University of Wisconsin Law School aims to teach students about the perspectives of different people who ...

Josh Spickler and Yonée Gibson discuss issues affecting the local criminal justice system. Just City’s Executive Director Josh Spickler and Just City’s Program and People Experience Manager Yonée ...

Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...

MENTAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARE RELATED ISSUES THAT AFFECT PEOPLE AND SYSTEMS ALL AROUND NEBRASKA. WE’RE TOLD MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE INCARCERATED SUFFER FROM A MENTAL ILLNESS, AND THAT’S THE ...

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott delivered his $9.4 billion budget address Tuesday afternoon. He touched on key issues like housing ...

Navigating the issues of mental illness diagnosis and competency for trial. Exploring the unique issues when someone with a psychiatric or neurodevelopmental condition is brought into the criminal ...

LAWMAKERS have filed a bill seeking the creation of a Joint Congressional Commission on Justice System Reform (Justcom) to undertake a comprehensive review of the justice system and address ...