Criminal Justice

Advocates have widely praised the department’s efforts, but are concerned about potential harms to inmate mental health.

More than 40 people in state custody have died of COVID-19, which is the highest in the nation as a share of prison population.

Fifteen states, including Delaware, don’t offer compensation for exonerees. One legislator wants to change that.

With fewer people being held for pre-trial detention, there’s been a 10% drop in Delaware’s overall prison population.

Arbery’s death sparked a national outcry and demands for justice after a cellphone video of the shooting began circulating online last week.

The charges came more than two months after Ahmaud Arbery was killed on a residential Georgia street. Outrage over the case swelled after video of the shooting was released.

The charges came more than two months after Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed on a residential street just outside the port city of Brunswick.

Enock Benjamin, 70, was a shop steward at a meat processing plant in Montgomery County. He died in early April after becoming infected with COVID-19.

The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.

At one federal facility, masks are in scant supply and visibly ill prisoners continue to work — while 40 inmates and three staff members have tested positive for COVID-19.

Most are considered to have recovered, and 17 have been released.

Williams was convicted of accepting bribes from two wealthy businessmen.

Fired Philly cop Sequeta Williams says the five-part documentary defamed her. Rappers Meek Mill and Jay-Z are currently named as defendants.

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project concluded Rudolph Sutton was likely innocent, just as his health began to decline after serving 30 years behind bars.

Ten plaintiffs are seeking a class-action case on behalf of roughly 4,000 incarcerated at county facilities