Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Library Association (ALA) is backing new federal legislation to expand access to education, literacy, and workforce ...

A recent appellate court decision starts to formalize how First Step Act credits influence the term of supervised release.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Legislators, advocates, and people with firsthand experience in New York prisons gathered at the Capitol in Albany on Tuesday morning to push for prison labor reforms. The ...

I went to federal prison for contempt of Congress. My detractors say I acted above the law. My supporters say I’m the poster child for a weaponized justice system. I won’t relitigate that here. What ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 1: President Donald Trump, left, listens to Alice Johnson, whose sentence Trump commuted, as she participates in the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration at ...

In a setting where LGBTQ+ people already face disproportionately high rates of sexual violence, the Department of Justice has defunded a key resource combating prison rape through the congressionally ...

Prison staff in New York will be required to comply with a controversial law following an order from an Albany Supreme Court judge. The law was a sticking point in the statewide corrections officer ...