Mississippi has one of the worst public defense systems in the nation. Local counties and courts manage a sprawling patchwork ...

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Mississippi has one of the worst public defense systems in the nation. Local counties and courts manage a sprawling patchwork of different systems, many with very different rules. Caleb Bedillion ...

STOUGHTON, Mass. — The last known person to see Sandra Birchmore alive was a police officer. He stopped by her apartment days ...

Hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the country have Explorer posts: youth mentorship programs run by local police ...

With hundreds of arrests and more campus standoffs looming, local law enforcement officials could face consequences at the ...

Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the ...

Oklahoma could re-examine how it punishes people whose crimes came after years of domestic abuse. Other states may follow.

Isolation’s damaging effects are widely known. But many facilities confine people — even youth — virtually all day, sometimes ...

Now, a new national study out of one of these collaborations between the University of California, Irvine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows that at the peak of the pandemic in 2020, people inside ...