Measures would cut prison population but face pushback

Locking people behind bars and separating them from their families for nonviolent crimes of desperation is not justice. It is vengeance

Dramatic reduction since 2017, but advocates fear new tough-on-crime bills

Some 8% of people incarcerated in New Jersey are veterans

Rate of incarceration is 12.5 times more for Black residents than for white residents

Former inmates seek help for women like them when they leave prison

New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission, which includes designees of both political parties, reached unanimous conclusions

The free, year-round grief support center groups children and young adults by age -- providing services to participants from 3 to 30 years old.

A panel of medical professionals highlighted the importance of access to medication-assisted treatment for inmates experiencing opioid addiction.

Camden is one of 13 jurisdictions in the nation chosen to share a $148 million MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge grant.

Social justice advocates say a Yale Law School study is the ammunition needed to end isolated confinement by law in New Jersey.

The state touts alternatives to incarceration for the shrinking juvenile population.

New Jersey Reentry Corporation announces program to help underserved communities and formerly incarcerated obtain gainful employment.

A lawsuit over the way money's been earmarked to renovate the aging State House. Is it too little, too late? Renovating the Trenton riverbank. Can ...

Sen. Sandra Cunningham worked with Gov. Christie to develop legislation aimed to help those coming out of incarceration find jobs and become productive citizens.

New Jersey among the top in the nation for shrinking its prison population. See how it's an example for the rest of America. It's been ...

New Jersey leads the nation in terms of lowering its incarceration rate, about 35 percent since 1999. There has also been a 38 percent drop ...

Jim McGreevey is the executive director of the Jersey City Employment and Training Program. He advocates for incarcerated individuals and believes tackling the drug addiction ...

Over the last three years New Jersey has reduced its prison population by nearly 10 percent, second most in the entire country. At the same ...

Dueling arguments over fantasy sports betting. A game of skill or chance? If lawmakers decide it's gambling they could decide to regulate it. Public school ...