When Forrest Jones earned his bachelor's degree three years ago, he was one of only two Project Rebound graduates at Cal State East Bay. This year, the program had 85 students, including 20 graduates.

But inside the prison chapel, there's silence only disrupted by laughter between friends or affirmations about redemption, ...

One year after Chadian authorities arrested and later sentenced Succès Masra, the prominent opposition leader and former ...

Venezuela’s new amnesty law has serious shortcomings that exclude many people who have been arbitrarily detained and is being ...

Legislation would give chief rabbis ultimate authority at holiest site for Jewish prayer, could see non-Orthodox worship ...

Liberals have often cited the need for criminal justice reform. However, it is conservatives that appear to making more ...

About 200 tourgoers met in Courtroom 1 to hear about the 32nd year of the tours and village walks and then stroll around the ...

The U.S. incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, with over 1.8 million individuals behind bars. While many see prison as synonymous with justice, a psychological lens reveals ...

Incarcerated in 1994 at the age of 19, Carlos Smith’s first job was working on an assembly line making paper folders for 20 cents per hour. His sentence was commuted in 2025. Smith fights to end these ...

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest. The announcement included a photo showing the 80-year-old Suu Kyi sitting on a wooden bench in a skirt ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

BATON ROUGE – Beginning at age 16, Christi Cheramie was locked away for 25 years. She was a “juvenile lifer,” which is what juveniles serving life sentences without parole were called before the U.S.