For over a century, Pakistan's criminal justice system has functioned under the shadow of colonial-era legislation. Enacted during British rule, the Prisons Act of 1894 and the Prisoners Act of 1900 - ...

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The federal sentencing landscape in the United States could undergo a significant transformation with recent amendments to update the United ...

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Citing attacks from the Trump administration and overcrowding on Rikers Island, advocates for transgender people behind bars ...

The civil-society leaders and corporate titans with the most political capital have largely acquiesced to Trump’s rule, ...

USA TODAY's initial analysis of previously secret records shows how numbers of in-custody overdoses, murders and suicides ...