California’s release system assumes mobility, stability and support at the moment people are least likely to have them.

California's parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing incarcerated people despite flaws that were exposed in a rash of false positives two years ago, more than a ...

Luther Watkins Jr. was sentenced Thursday to life without the possibility of parole in the capital murder killing of Tuscaloosa police investigator Dornell Cousette, following several days of ...

Signing up for substance use disorder treatment in California prisons involves taking more frequent drug tests. The results, which are prone to error, can set back a prisoner's chance for freedom.

Kevin J. Seelinger, a state parole agent, is formally arraigned on charges in fatal shooting of parolee Marchello D. Woodard. Trial is Oct. 5.

In the Wisconsin prison system, incarcerated mothers still lack a program that would allow physical custody of their children ...

The proposal would extend the age of eligibility and lengthen the amount of time covered by a 2023 law that recognizes the ...

A man convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to life without parole will now be out of prison in 18 years or less.

The likelihood of a veto by Gov. Janet Mills, who opposes the effort to re-establish a parole system, hung over debate at the ...