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Changing the experience of incarceration to one that is more constructive and humane is part of a new, dignity-first approach ...

Officials in Virginia and Alabama have blatantly violated federal law in recent weeks in a quest to bolster lies about who ...

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The hurricane made landfall in North Carolina three weeks before the start of early voting and just over a month before Election Day, damaging more than 126,000 homes and leaving 13,000 without power.

Prosecutors play a vital role in the criminal justice system, determining not just which cases to pursue but also what charges to file and penalties to seek. Over the past decade, some prosecutors ...

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The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, yet nearly 25 percent of its prisoners. Mass incarceration has crushing consequences — racial, economic, social — and it doesn’t ...