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Minor Crimes Get ‘Clean Slate’ in Utah

County News By Rachel Looker Citizens who committed low-level crimes in the state of Utah are getting a second chance to have a “clean slate” th...

Governing By Charles Chieppo There's no doubt that privatization can save money and provide other benefits. But it can just as easily turn into ...

Associated Press By Associated Press Staff A new law in North Dakota will end monthly child support obligations for parents who are sentence...

BusinessWest.com By Brad McDougall The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a criminal-justice reform bill that narrows the ability of empl...

The Crime Report By Megan Hadley States are showing a reduction in their three-year, return-to-prison rates, according to new data revealed...

The Crime Report By Vincent Schiraldi As U.S. policy makers look to dismantle mass incarceration, a pair of New Zealand programs that involve th...

Honolulu Civil Beat By Chad Blair Hawaii's prison population has dropped 5 percent since July 2012, a figure that includes a 12 percent reductio...

Missoulian By Vince Devlin POLSON – Michael Batista, the director of the Montana Department of Corrections, likes the story, even if it wasn...

The Marshall Project By Maurica Chammah and Joseph Neff In 2010, Cindy Stubbs was nearing the end of a 14-year sentence in a South Carolina pris...

The Marshall Project By Jason Naradzay First, let me situate you: doors clanging, people yelling, guards barking. The noise in prison is non-sto...