We want to share a first listen of a new podcast we're working on at WBUR. Violation tells the story of two families bound together by an unthinkable crime. It explores America's opaque parole system ...

A public defender, victim’s advocate and former inmate are part of an effort to improve Missouri’s parole system. The rules haven't been updated since 2017, and advocates say the burdens placed on ...

SANTA FE, N.M. – A proposal reworking the state’s parole and probation system cleared the halfway mark, and got one step closer to the governor’s desk Tuesday. The bill’s sponsors are looking at the ...

People on parole in New Jersey are often sentenced for technical violations, not new arrests, according to the state Office of Public Defender Now, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is promising ...

Leola Harris spends her days confined to a wheelchair, sitting through dialysis treatments for three days and recovering from the treatments on the others. “Your decision today should be an easy one,” ...