A new law in Pennsylvania closes a loophole that allowed repeat DUI offenders to be treated as first-time offenders again.

PORTLAND, Ore — At what point will someone who commits crimes over and over again be held accountable? There are people in Portland who rack up multiple charges and are considered high volume users of ...

She had been in and out of trouble and the county jail for seven years, but one day, she finally entered a courtroom knowing that she was facing a sentence of up to 15 years in an Oklahoma women's ...

The figures are staggering. At least 2 million people with mental illness are booked into local jails every year. Some 750 of the approximately 3,500 people incarcerated in the Bexar County Adult ...

The program, created 14 years ago by DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Asha Jackson, works with participants arrested on ...