Crime is falling to historic lows. This economist knows how to make it plunge even faster.

They’ve struggled with addiction. They’ve struggled with abuse and trauma. They’ve struggled with mental health issues. And those struggles have led to time behind bars. This month the nonprofit ...

A K5 robot used by the New York City Police Department in the Times Square subway station in 2023. A K5 robot used by the New York City Police Department in the Times Square subway station in ...

The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional Republicans mobilized behind President Donald Trump’s ...

Most decisions about the legal system are made locally. So, over the last several years, The Marshall Project has invested in local news. Our reporters have dug into systemic issues within the justice ...

Jon Wool, who spent 12 years in New Orleans working to improve the criminal-justice system, died Dec. 18 at New York University’s hospice center in Brooklyn. He was 67. He died of brain cancer, said ...

Stakeholders in the nation’s criminal justice administration have identified ways to address inherent challenges hampering the effectiveness of the system. They identified some of such challenges to ...

The violent crime rate in the United States has dropped to record lows. It is wonderful news, but people shouldn’t become complacent and shouldn’t accept the weakening of the justice system at the ...

Neither President-elect Donald Trump nor President Joe Biden seems too confident in the United States Department of Justice. Trump disposed of Attorney General Jeff Sessions like last week’s leftovers ...