criminal justice

For the past few years, a campaign has been building to change how Michigan handles 17-year-olds who commit crimes.As it stands now, those 17-year-olds…

If you've ever filled out a job application, I'm sure you've come across the question asking whether you've ever been convicted of a criminal offense.For…

Yesterday we heard from an ex-con about what it was like for him to transition from life behind bars to life on the outside. He says having a mentor…

How do you navigate life on the outside after you’ve been locked up in prison for years? That’s a question more than 6,000 federal inmates recently faced…

Each year, more than 600,000 adults are released from prison in the United States. Half of them return home to a child under the age of 18. When it comes…