Thousands of people in the Federal Bureau of Prisons system who have been serving time at home due to the risks posed by COVID-19 may be able to remain under home confinement even after the Biden ...

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered the Bureau of Prisons on Tuesday to allow federal inmates released because of the Covid pandemic to remain at home. Garland's directive reverses a ...

The Bureau of Prisons is facing scrutiny for re-incarcerating people in home confinement over minor offenses, even as the agency relies on the program more to help reduce recidivism and prison ...

Thousands of federal inmates may be allowed to continue serving their sentences at home after the coronavirus pandemic comes to an end, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. The decision reverses ...

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced that it will not make individuals placed on house arrest during COVID-19 return to prison once the pandemic is over. The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) on ...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. A petition for a writ of habeas ...

President Joe Biden must use his power of clemency to commute all the sentences of people who are already living at home under the CARES Act, not posing a public safety threat. Sadly, the ...

Washington — Chad Ducey, a 46-year-old father of two, is one of approximately 8,300 federal inmates who were sent home last spring in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus behind bars. When ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Data has indicated that parents of children with special needs, specifically autism, have stress levels similar to soldiers in battle. Right now, they are home, in confinement ...

"Solitary forces prisoners to live in a world without people." This is a Kaiser Health News story. Sometimes, Pamela Winn isn’t sure how to connect with people, even those she loves, like her ...

However, the COVID-19 pandemic is not the first time that segregated housing in carceral settings has been used as a public health tool. Various forms of segregated housing have been used as a form of ...

Thousands of federal inmates who were freed to curb the spread of COVID-19 will not have to return to prison when the health emergency ends, Justice Department officials announced Tuesday. The move ...