Rep. Melanie Stinnett, a Springfield Republican, sponsored the bipartisan bill that could give voting rights back to more ...

No taxation without representation” wasn’t just a catch phrase for the Founding Fathers. It was the idea that a government wasn’t legitimate if it ...

A bill with bipartisan support to restore voting rights to people on probation and parole passes in the Missouri House.

Around half of all new admissions to Missouri's prisons come from people who have violated their probation or parole. Those cases sent more than 5,000 Missourians back to prison last year — and a lack ...

Multnomah County probation and parole officers are jailing fewer people for minor parole violations than they did in 2019, but those who do land behind bars are staying much longer, according to a new ...

Kentucky probation and parole officers practice their shooting in 2022. The officers are sworn law enforcement agents who carry badges and guns and have arrest authority over offenders on their ...

The killings of Iryna Zarutska and Zoe Welsh have raised questions about North Carolina's criminal justice system. The men charged in their deaths have lengthy criminal histories and mental illnesses.

An inmate lays on a bed in a jail cell. The panel established by Gov. Mike Kehoe to write rules for how long people who break the law must stay in prison may be violating the law itself by meeting in ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Hamilton County says it has to keep tabs on about 3,000 people on adult probation on any given day and now the probation department is reorganizing its system to keep track of them ...

North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Control Commission asks for more support as lawmakers review the state’s probation and parole system.

Governor Glenn Youngkin has proclaimed July 20-26 as Virginia Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week. The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) celebrates its probation and parole ...

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif)– Chief Probation Officer Holly Benton announced today that Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week will be celebrated July 20–26, 2025, honoring the dedication of ...