Task Force to Review Juvenile Justice System in New Mexico

My San Antonio By Susan Montoya Bryan ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s juvenile justice system is going under the microscope as part of a comprehensive review by a team of judges, prosecutors, lawmakers and others. New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Barbara...

On ‘Radio Times': Mentally Ill Inmates Overwhelm Pa. Jails

NewsWorks Nationally, prisons and jails are turning into modern day mental institutions. There’s an increase of people with serious mental illnesses being locked up behind bars. In Pennsylvania, the state Department of Corrections announced a plan to introduce the...

Recidivism Drops, but So Has Ex-Offenders’ Employment Rates

Sentinel & Enterprise By Katie Lannan, State House News Service BOSTON — Recidivism dropped slightly after the state banned employers from inquiring about job applicants’ criminal records but the employment rates of ex-offenders has also dropped since...