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A citizens’ group in Queens, N.Y., where a tightly fought race for District Attorney made national headlines this summer, believes that public vigilance is crucial to reforming the justice system.
Studies suggest that incarcerated women have higher rates of medical and psychiatric disorders than men. But correctional health care policy has largely neglected their needs, particularly of those aged 50 and over, a TCR Special Report finds.
Legislation proposed this summer would have made New York the first state to remove prostitution from the criminal code. Although the bill never got to a vote, advocates say it opened up a long-needed conversation about how police treat sex workers—particularly transgender women of color.
When you apply a criminal justice model to mental illness, “you’re getting what you should get—a disaster,” warns Miami-Dade County Judge Steven Leifman, a pioneering advocate for developing alternatives to incarceration for seriously mentally ill individuals.
An International Criminal Court ruling expected this month could revive a decade-long investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Americans during the conflict in Afghanistan.
Massive street demonstrations fueled by social media have tumbled Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló from power. But no one is sure what comes next, as officials struggle to deal with allegations of widespread corruption. Here’s TCR’s eyewitness account, with videos and a photo gallery.
Colleen Eren, author of a book on the admitted mastermind of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, believes Bernie Madoff, a decade into his 150-year jail term, intends to make a “long-shot case for ‘meritorious service rendered to the government.'”
With the 2020 election looming and the possibility that attitudes towards criminal justice reform could switch from approval to hostility, the Council on Criminal Justice opened for business last week with a pledge to steer policymakers toward pragmatic solutions.
They’re our version of superheroes: Our impressive “class” of interns for the summer of 2019 has been bringing you sharp, penetrating reporting in every area of criminal justice.
Brian Melendez was one of thousands of Native children swept into a state-run foster care system riddled with abuse and neglect. He beat the odds by becoming a probation officer and then a counselor on a Nevada reservation, where he helps young people deal with the trauma suffered at the hands of a deeply flawed justice system for Native Americans.