WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal prison population has dropped in the last year by roughly 4,800, the first time in several decades that the inmate count has gone down, according to the Justice Department. In a speech scheduled Tuesday in New York City, Attorney General Eric Holder planned to say that the Justice Department expects […]
A new study suggests that white people are willing to support harsher criminal laws if they think more Black people will be arrested. According to…
The U.S. Sentencing Commission recommended prison terms for most drug offenses should be cut by an average of close to a year. A unanimous vote to cut lower-level drug penalties was settled upon and its recommendations will go into effect in November if Congress doesn’t block them. Time reports: Around 70% of drug trafficking defendants […]
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — The budding entrepreneurs wear blue sweat pants labeled “prisoner” and huge, flapping blue shirts. Their doors are triple locked, and…
