Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bills that would allow formerly incarcerated people to be released from probation after a year if they demonstrate their ...

Despite Trump’s punitive spectacles, criminal justice reform efforts persist across states, and there’s hope for effective policies.

Seven years ago, rapper Meek Mill was released from prison following an outcry that turned into a social movement around probation and parole reform. Now he’s the face of REFORM Alliance, a nonprofit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A series of prison cells. (Photo by txking via Getty Images) Formerly incarcerated people who are still subject to probation could ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. Most all federal inmates will one day leave prison and most ...

ST. PAUL — Beginning Aug. 1, most felony offenders can expect to get no more than five years probation as part of their sentences. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission on Thursday, Jan. 9, ...