Cuyahoga County plans to shut down its underperforming Diversion Center next year and replace it with a more comprehensive behavioral health crisis facility that officials say will serve a broader ...

Plea hearings for Chelsea Ross, 32, and Benjamin Benchley, 26, were adjourned, pending lab results to confirm the substance ...

County leaders are scrambling to restore a racial justice initiative that voters accidentally repealed, a mistake that could ...

While officials are exploring an expansion of the detention center, residents are increasingly concerned about the ...

An administrative error led to the inadvertent repeal of a criminal-justice system overhaul measure approved by voters five ...

The DeKalb County Commission discussed a resolution that would have the county police department create a new policy focused ...

This bill isn’t about improving public safety, it’s about doubling-down on the criminalization of those most in need of care.

Prosecutors weeded out bad cases without affecting public safety, resulting in fewer days spent in jail for arrestees, a new D.C. nonprofit’s report found ...

As Sarasota County grapples with a burgeoning jail population, debating a $700 million expansion, programs seek to curb ...

Kelly McGraw was sentenced to jail and probation, but her jail time is suspended pending successful completion of her probation including no alcohol.

Aberdeen police have found success offering homeless people who commit low-level crimes the choice of seeking treatment or ...

Future generations will judge Governor Green’s legacy. Will the governor choose to mortgage our future on a super jail that will fiscally hamper the state and result in more residents, disparately ...