Eli Hager

In a little noticed tweak, minor offenses such as underage drinking or shoplifting could lead to people being deported, critics warned.

Embezzlement and selling drugs near a school are among the offenses some states classify as "violent."

A new project is teaching habitual offenders to change how they think—and act—with cognitive behavioral therapy.

Before I knew it, my trainer had wrapped my face and head in Saran wrap and was beating me and smashing my head into the wall.

Before I knew it, my trainer had wrapped my face and head in Saran wrap and was beating me and smashing my head into the wall.

Peter Borenstein is a young LA attorney who's carved out a niche helping ex-prisoners who believe they were the victim of fraud or theft while locked up.

In California, families were billed for their kids' incarceration—even when they were innocent. Now some of them are getting checks in the mail.

A years-long public defender crisis in one of the harshest states in America keeps getting uglier.

A mother facing terminal cancer and debts she'll never be able to pay wonders if she'll ever see her incarcerated children again.

Long-term isolation is rapidly losing ground as an accepted practice in the world of juvenile corrections. But for youth advocates, ending solitary will take more work.

Now that the criminal case against them has collapsed, these Baltimore cops are going after their prosecutor.

Claustrophobic rooms and the presumption of guilt have been accepted practice for decades—and a staple of shows like 'Law and Order.' But actual cops are changing their ways.