While previous bills have focused on federal charges, the HOPE Act provides funding for local expungement efforts.
Prisons & Policing
The ShotSpotter system manufactures urgency for aggressive police deployments.
Another case in Wisconsin is drawing new national attention following the Rittenhouse self-defense verdict.
Incarcerated people are routinely subject to air, bus and van transport that heightens their risk of contracting COVID.
Trans people behind bars are being denied what experts agree is medically necessary care.
The governor’s office said it didn’t grant Jones a parole possibility because of restrictions in the state constitution.
Hiring a diverse police force may change what cops look like, but it doesn’t change what policing means and does.
Advocates in Oklahoma are rallying outside the barricaded governor’s mansion ahead of the planned Thursday execution.
Warren called U.S. cannabis policy “failed and racist” as Biden faces mounting pressure to take executive action.
The Chicago Police Department has at least 13 active members of the Oath Keepers, NPR found.