Measures would cut prison population but face pushback

Advocates seek passage of stalled Rehabilitative Release Bill

The decline is attributed to several factors, including sentencing reform

The roughly 112 people in the residential treatment program take courses on life skills, stress and anger reduction and gang intervention.

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 ...

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 ...

In part three of his interview, former Gov. Jim McGreevey said employment opportunities must be made available to ex-offenders or risk their return to prison.

Former Gov. Jim McGreevey says that under no circumstances will he ever run for public office.

While he concedes that being governor was a career ambition, former Gov. Jim McGreevey says he spent most of his time in office involved in ...