WASHINGTON - Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters testifies as Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz listens during the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and ...
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by U.S. President Donald Trump (L) after serving 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, thanks the press during a ...
The Trump-era First Step Act has allowed thousands of nonviolent federal offenders to leave prison sooner, but advocates say they have reviewed numerous instances of inmates remaining behind bars ...
In 2004, when Tanesha Bannister was 29, a judge sentenced her to life in prison for selling crack, convincing the single mother of two she'd never be free again. Two decades earlier, the country had ...
In 1989, then-Senator Joe Biden went on TV to criticize President George H.W. Bush’s National Drug Control Strategy. Bush was seeking to accelerate the War on Drugs by pumping over $1 billion into ...
The enactment of the First Step Act earlier this month will bring some much-needed change to our criminal justice system. But the First Step Act remains just that, a first step — particularly with ...
It’s not often that you’ll find the ACLU on the same side of an issue as President Donald Trump. But in the waning days of the 115th Congress, lawmakers have the rare opportunity to show ...
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