North Dakota's 'Truth-in-Sentencing' Bill Could Cost More Than $250 Million The bill would also create mandatory minimum jail sentences for fleeing the police. Reason · Feb 12, 2025
Prison sexual assault victims can now petition for compassionate release Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release. WEKU · Jun 7, 2023
Congress Yet Again Fails To Pass Crack Cocaine Sentencing Reforms A compromise to cram crack sentencing reform into the year-end omnibus spending bill fell apart at the last minute. Reason · Dec 20, 2022
Attorney General Orders Prosecutors To End Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity as Congress Dithers The move comes as legislation flounders in Congress to end the crack-powder sentencing disparity once and for all. Reason · Dec 16, 2022
11,000 Federal Inmates Were Sent Home During the Pandemic. Only 17 Were Arrested for New Crimes. Criminal justice groups say the numbers vindicate their push to keep those people from being sent back to prison. Reason · Aug 31, 2022
Released during COVID, some people are sent back to prison with little or no warning "Where is the fairness?" One mother was sent back after a single failed drug test, and her family's life has now been turned upside down for more than a year. WEKU · Aug 22, 2022
Biden's New Bureau of Prisons Director Won't be Able To Run Away From the Agency's Corruption The federal prison system is plagued by corruption and civil rights abuses. Reason · Aug 1, 2022
Advocates push for release of women's prison abuse victims A prominent national criminal justice advocacy groups is pushing the Justice Department to support the release of women who were sexually abused by staff at a federal women’s prison in California The Independent UK · May 10, 2022
'Soft on crime' attacks target Republicans who favor changes With violent crime increasing in much of the U.S., Republicans see a winning strategy in portraying Democrats as soft on crime ahead of this year’s elections The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022