New York’s controversy over scanning mail in prisons reflects a national debate involving security and privacy.

Here are the new pro- and anti-immigration laws that states enacted from January to June 2025. Scroll down for more context.

Through threats and incentives, the administration conscripted local jails, federal prisons and private companies to detain ...

Police Tactics at Some Pro-Palestine Protests Ignore Past Lessons While some universities have sought peaceful approaches, others have used aggressive policing that bucks research from the protests ...

Many of the president’s recent pardons violate Justice Department policies designed to ensure fairness and public safety.

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The policies create new restrictions for immigrants and people who support them — including reviving measures previously ...

The president’s new executive order defies legal precedent and proven strategies for reducing homelessness, says attorney ...

Jessica Mayo, an attorney and codirector of the Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project in St. Louis, said that people ...

Staffing shortages mean incarcerated people are not getting vital medical care, programming and other services.

Watch our joint investigation with CBS Sunday Morning into how hospitals use unreliable test results to report parents to ...

The Cuyahoga County jail has been called one of America’s worst. The nickname came after an investigation by the U.S.