Given a rare second chance, a Massachusetts man will finally share his story with the ones who decide whether he gets to use ...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a formal request Tuesday morning, calling for the governor to reappoint the ...

Arizona prisoner Abelardo Chaparro fought illegal sentence promising nonexistent parole, setting precedent that freed ...

Leigh Gwathney’s term as chair of the parole board expires on Monday. It’s not clear yet if she is on the short list to be ...

I support U.S. Senate Bill 2013 — the Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2025 (which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and index it to inflation). It is time to move past the ...

Phil Weiser penned a letter on June 12 to each of the state’s 64 boards of county commissioners in response to the list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” ...

Good morning, Chicago. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker this week set out to make history, launching his bid to become the first Illinois governor since the 1980s to be elected to more than two terms in ...

Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, an apparently fake clemency petition arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law to make a series of changes to the Prisoner Review Board after it released a man who would ...

The law gives victims the right to file impact statements ahead of hearings, provides them with additional notice when their ...

The Massachusetts parole system — or at least, the more than 100 officers charged with helping to enforce its rules — is at a ...