NEW ORLEANS — October is Youth Justice Action Month, a month where advocates try to educate people about rehabilitation for kids who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. For the past ...

Marion’s uniqueness as a small yet up and coming city allows for productive developments to take place. A prime example of Marion’s capacity for groundbreaking initiatives is the North Central Ohio ...

For Joseph, locked inside Menard Correctional Center, it sounds like “peace and quiet and not hearing keys jingle all day.” For Carrie, in Logan women’s prison, it’s gratitude for “rain falling on my ...

Months after their son's death, Karen and Eric Ruffins continue to hold on to the memory of their "third heartbeat." "He was my third heartbeat," Karen said. "My third born. The love of my life." Eric ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of people being sworn into a parole hearing. A court clerk swears in people who will testify before the Pardons and Parole ...

Lawndale Christian Legal Center offers an alternative to prison and helped Shaq Wilson rebuild his life. Now, a new West Side building will support 20 men. Shaq Wilson is a 30-year-old father of two ...

The pendulum has swung during many decades. On the one extreme, a prevalent view in the 1960s and into the 1970s was that almost any offender could be redeemed through participation in a variety of ...

Two years after the largest employer in Garza County closed, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice recently celebrated the grand opening of the Giles W. Dalby Unit in Post, according to a ...

County officials gave tours of the new facility and held a ceremony to commemorate the building's completion on Tuesday. The new center will have roughly twice the capacity of the current juvenile ...

The criminal justice studies major is individualized and you can choose the path that is right for your career interests. The program is an excellent academic home for students interested in law and ...