The latest task force report isn't the first to suggest major reforms to the Chicago Police Department, but it might be the first to result in real change.
There's a growing movement to make the drug that can reverse overdoses widely available at pharmacies, police departments and schools.
After discovering thousands of untested rape kits languishing across the state, Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed into law new rules for the collection, storage and analysis of the critical evidence.
A judge in Connecticut rejected a request from gun manufacturers and sellers to dismiss a lawsuit filed by relatives of those killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012.
Older people are more vulnerable, but there's a lot that fire departments could be doing to keep them safer.
Texas prison inmates shouldn't be allowed to have active social media accounts, even if friends or family on the outside actually run them, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has decided.
A federal judge Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction barring Los Angeles police and sanitation officers from seizing and destroying homeless people's property without sufficient notice, and ordered the city to segregate and store impounded belongings where they can be recovered.
A new study highlighting racial and socioeconomic disparities in license suspensions is the latest call for states to make reforms.
District officials plan to announce on Wednesday a new hotline for the city’s crime victims. With the new D.C. Victim Hotline, the District will become one of the few jurisdictions with a one-stop number for people affected by any crime, whether it’s mugging or murder. The number is not meant to summon emergency responders, but it can be used for services needed in the immediate aftermath or much later.
Philadelphia has been awarded a $3.5 million MacArthur Foundation grant to fund an aggressive plan to reduce its prison population by 34 percent over three years while addressing racial bias across the criminal justice system.
The Chicago Police Department must acknowledge its racist history and overhaul its handling of excessive force allegations before true reforms can take place, according to a scathing draft report from the task force established by Mayor Rahm Emanuel following public unrest over the Laquan McDonald video.
Waller County, Texas, needs a new jail, local officers need body cameras to record their activities and the sheriff's office needs to promote civility, a study committee formed after the death of Sandra Bland said Tuesday. The county came under national scrutiny in July when Bland was found hanged in her jail cell three days after being arrested for assaulting an officer during a contentious traffic stop.
While states are focused on the opioid epidemic, they may not be paying enough attention to the lab-created drugs that are hard to control.
Most people don't know they can get their juvenile records erased. Thanks to a group of young people, there's now an app for that.
It’s one of the few issues with bipartisan support in Washington. But for several reasons, the chances for change this year are dwindling.
The justices unanimously rejected a challenge to the way Texas -- and every other state -- draws its legislative lines. They did, however, leave one question unsettled.
New research shows certain graduated driver licensing laws result in fewer teens being arrested for nontraffic-related crimes.
Clouded property titles invite neighborhood blight. Simple steps by the courts can produce huge results.
Other countries teach conflict resolution to at-risk youth as a way to break the cycle of violent retaliation. The idea is slowly catching on in America.
The ruling lets unions keep collecting fees from nonunion members -- for now. The case is likely to be retried.
It shows how technology can come to people’s aid -- sometimes faster than government.
Panama City Beach, Fla., gives new meaning to the phrase drunk tank.
Can the strategy, which was originally developed to reduce gang violence, be replicated elsewhere?
Spurred by lawsuits and a growing understanding of the population’s challenges, some states are making detention centers safer for and more accepting of LGBT youth.
The growing threat of cybercrime has exposed just how vulnerable police departments are to it.
One of the nation’s most prominent libertarian legal activists is the newest member of the Arizona Supreme Court.
Instead of waiting to help until kids get in trouble, Los Angeles County is using data analytics to help them before. So far, it's proving successful.
Only one state follows the new federal recommendations for seat belts in school buses. That could change soon, but money remains an issue.
Only a few regions experienced multiple fatal crashes in the last decade.
After years of going down, road-related fatalities went up last year. There's two big reasons for that.