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While the action and debate about criminal justice reform has been increasingly characterized by ideological bonhomie, it’s still rare to find someone who can speak as a researcher, a reformer and someone who has actually worked within the criminal justice...

If a reporter asks John Gray to do an in-person interview, he insists that the backdrop is the same: The Brazoria County Jail, in Angleton, Texas, just south of Houston. It’s a dismal looking building — off-white and weather-worn — but Gray chooses this...

In Augusta, Ga., a judge sentenced Tom Barrett to 12 months after he stole a can of beer worth less than $2. In Ionia, Mich., 19-year-old Kyle Dewitt caught a fish out of season; then a judge sentenced him to three days in jail. In Grand Rapids, Mich...

Francis Scott Key saw the American flag soar above Fort McHenry on September 14, 1814, despite constant bombardment by British forces; so moved by the experience in Baltimore, Key penned the 'Star-Spangled Banner', a song that would become our national...

Note: This article was updated on Friday, Aug. 14 In 1992, 15 years after Jerry Miller founded the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA), New York Times editor David Anderson described the radical leader of juvenile deincarceration...