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The programme is also unique insofar as it draws upon Northern Ireland’s experiment in overhauling its criminal justice system (police, prisons and restorative justice) as part of the political ...

The justices agreed with a convict from the Bronx, ruling that judges can order prison sentences to run at the same time, rather than consecutively.

The current system, she argued, often fails to address the root causes of criminal behavior, perpetuating cycles of poverty and crime. This shift in perspective is crucial in a country where the poor ...

The new administration could use the existing system of federal agents, local police and jails to funnel more people into the ...

Many criminal justice systems around the world are overburdened with heavy caseloads and suffer from insufficient financial and human resources. This leads to various malfunctions of the justice ...

Republican Gov. Phil Scott will introduce legislation that would create clearer legal standards for when a defendant can be ...

A bill to strengthen data and information sharing about state-supervised youth, including those in the juvenile justice ...

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But as the prison population reached its peak in the late 2000s, public attitudes about the criminal justice system changed, and many reforms — including lowering sentences, eliminating cash ...