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Marion County pins hopes on bail reform to reduce jail costs

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - At $570 million, Marion County’s new community justice center complex ranks as the most expensive municipal building project in Indianapolis since construction of Lucas Oil Stadiu... read more

Feds slam Oregon State Hospital: read report, previous stories

Gordly says she hopes that staffing qualifications and ... Morris is the second high-profile defendant who has been sent from jail to the Oregon State Hospital recently. In early March in Clackamas Co... read more

Fulton County begins court and jail reforms that include helping the mentally ill

Fulton County is beginning a reform ... jail, which will reduce its operational costs; and the consolidation of Superior, State and Magistrate courts, according to a statement from the county. A centr... read more

To Fix 'Unfair' Bail System, Will California Copy Kentucky?

But law enforcement, judges and the bail industry argue the bill would burden courts, saddle counties with huge costs ... in jail." Rather than create a new government-run entity, Padilla argues the L... read more

Daniel Montgomery, convicted killer of the St. Stanislaus pastor, said he did not commit the crime he confessed to

He was sent to St. Stanislaus in July 2002 in the hope that he might prove that ... He was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison in a deal that spared him the death penalty, something Cuyahoga Count... read more

The People's Sheriff

Is a hard-line sheriff crossing the line when it comes to immigration enforcement? It appears that your computer does not have the Flash Player required to view NOW videos. Visit Adobe to download and ... read more

Meredith Vieira to Host Daytime Talk Show

this fundamental need we have to connect with and find inspiration in each other. "Each day, I hope to accomplish what I call the three H's: Heat, Heart and Humor," Vieira continued. "And speaking of ... read more

Metro Briefs

ComStat uses computer pin mapping and weekly accountability sessions to reduce ... Roanoke County police said 42-year-old Tracie Nininger, 42, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving und... read more

PRIMARY 2018 QUESTIONNAIRES: 15th Congressional District Democrats

Our campaign is clearly focused on the needs of each community in this 33-county ... drug costs. Until we can move to a universal health care system where health care costs and drug prices could be ne... read more

Cost of crime climbs in Hancock County amid heroin epidemic

The Court recently announced a bail reform pilot program for nine ... himself after being transferred to the Marion County Jail. “If we can get them clean and sober and into a solid program it will re... read more

Prison in the Cards

Pettit and Western’s dramatic findings further demonstrate that fully 60 percent of African-American male high-school dropouts born between 1965 and 1969 ended up doing time in prison by 1999. These s... read more

Insight: PolitiFact California / The Cases For And Against Measure U / On Your Feet! Comes To Sacramento

Chris Nichols and Sami Soto will analyze claims being made in California’s 10th District, which pits incumbent Republican Jeff Denham against Democratic candidate Josh Harder. Sacramento's Measure U w... read more