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When Jeffery Swan took office as a Yakima County Superior Court judge in 2021, he set his sights on establishing a veterans ...

Children are being kept in solitary confinement without basic amenities in Queensland’s youth detention centres due to staff ...

Researchers, advocates and those who've struggled with addiction are renewing appeals for a complete overhaul of the ...

Andrea Foster and her son Peter Spiniello continue to feel let down by a system they believe caused the death of their ...

A package of bills to help improve certain conditions for people housed within prisons and jails statewide was introduced in ...

The crisis over San Francisco's overwhelmed public defense system has intensified as the court held its seventh hearing ...

Nebraska was set to lead the way July 1 with a new statewide criminal justice diversion program for eligible veterans through ...