Justice

Homeland Security buses enter the Federal Correctional facility in Victorville, Calif., on Friday, June 8, 2018. More than 1,600 people arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border, including parents who have been separated from their children, are being transferred to federal prisons, U.S. immigration authorities confirmed Thursday. They said they're running out of room at their own facilities amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. There are 1,000 beds available in this prison.

National Security

301 migrants who arrived at border over past seven months not family units: DHS

Anna Giaritelli · June 19, 2018 3:34 pm

The bipartisan movement toward criminal justice reform that seemed to be gaining ground in 2016 is, unfortunately, having a tougher time this congressional session. But there is one ray of hope amid the gridlock. The Senate moved Aug. 1 to pass S. 860, signaling a possible resolution to the 10-year battle to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Beltway Confidential

A ray of hope for criminal justice reform?

Christina Delgado · August 10, 2017 7:46 pm

Juvenile justice reforms undertaken in six states have allowed a combined $50 million in budget savings to be reinvested in community-based services, improving public safety and reducing recidivism rates. (AP)

McConnell and Grassley’s opportunity to lead the way on juvenile justice reform

Christina Delgado and marcy-mistrett · July 12, 2017 4:01 am

In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in Graham v. Florida that the Eighth Amendment prevents juvenile nonhomicide offenders from being sentenced to life without parole. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court weighs in on opportunities for teens sentenced to life in prison

Ryan Lovelace · June 12, 2017 11:40 pm

The purpose of the REAL ID Act of 2005 is to protect the security of U.S. citizens by stopping the "fraudulent issuance and use of driver's licenses and identification cards," according to a statement by Secretary Jeh C. Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security.

POLICY ROUNDUP

Joana Suleiman and Washington Examiner · January 9, 2017 5:01 am

The grants follow a report the White House released last week to show that lengthy prison sentences for non-violent offenders hurt the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Feds dole out $1.75M to help juvenile offenders

Nicole Duran · April 25, 2016 11:54 pm

At the moment, the U.S. is the only industrialized country that puts children in solitary confinement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

An Obama executive action conservatives can support

Daniel Allott · January 26, 2016 10:19 pm

President Obama said he would sign executive orders -- which will affect 10,000 inmates -- to begin reforming the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama busts the kids out of solitary

Anna Giaritelli · January 26, 2016 3:22 am

The high court ruled 6-3 on Monday that an earlier ruling that outlawed mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles can be retroactively applied to earlier cases. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court retroactively limits youths’ life sentences

Robert King · January 25, 2016 6:43 pm

Grassley probed into allegations that children running from violence and abuse were placed in adult jails. (iStock Photo)

Grassley hammers Justice Department for answers on foster care fraud

Sarah Bedford · January 21, 2015 5:20 pm

Even the youngest defendants are brought to court weighed down by chains. Girls, who comprise about a third of the juvenile justice system nationally, are shackled the same as boys. In some places, the children are shackled to each other so that if one trips the others fall like tenpins. (iStock Photo)

Unchain the children

Pat Nolan · December 27, 2014 10:00 am