At first glance, it seems that George Orwell's dark futurist novel "1984" has come home to roost in the criminal justice system. People on probation, outcast, feared or simply the lowest of public ...

It's mid-May, a Monday evening, twilight in a third-floor classroom at the Rice University library. Soft light streams in through enormous windows and washes over a group of nervous students, all men, ...

When policy makers, advocates and the news media talk about health care for people convicted of crimes, the focus is generally on the kinds and quality of services provided to those who are behind ...

Some federal agencies are continuing to fire their recently hired or newly promoted staff despite a court ruling that deemed the justification for those firings unlawful, while others are responding ...

WARREN — Toughing out the July heat, nearly 350 people filled North Park Commons on Friday at the Trumbull County Adult Probation Department’s Community Resource Fair, weaving through tables staffed ...

Faced with similar fiscal pressures, state and local governments can achieve better results at less cost by restructuring their relationships based on evidence of what works instead of simply cutting ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mohammed Majdoubi stood before a few dozen people — including judges, attorneys, county supervisors and probation officers — and recalled when he experienced ...

RICHMOND - One by one they stand before the judge, their hands clasped behind their backs as they explain why they missed a drug treatment class or have fallen behind on their community service. "Why ...