'Public health credits' program means some inmates can be released up to eight months early

A group of New Jersey's most powerful advocates for criminal justice reform took the stage at a panel hosted by Sen. Cory Booker.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal took a beating on the campaign trail, but if Trump withdraws the U.S. local businesses could take a hit. The ...

Grant money will be used to work with 75 ex-offenders to keep them out of jail and alive. They will be chosen by analyzing crime ...

Uncertainty and fear among DREAMers. Unauthorized immigrants candidate Trump threatened to deport. Will he make good on the threat? The unprecedented presidential campaign was fueled ...

A pilot program allows people incarcerated in state and federal prisons to receive Pell Grants: federal funding toward a college education.

Deal or no deal? The Assembly's higher gas tax/lower sales tax plan for road repairs has yet to pass Senate muster. And Senate leaders, even ...

There's a hole in the budget deeper than we knew. And another credit downgrade. Does it take public outcry to make the punishment fit the ...

Mayors Ras Baraka, Steve Fulop and Jose Torres held their first meeting to address public safety.