A House bill ordering North Carolina sheriffs and jailers to comply with federal immigration requests to hold an inmate ...
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some ...
The state Senate on Wednesday agreed to restore voting rights to four people who have completed their prison sentences and ...
B SACRAMENTO, CA - A recently released report (here) discloses more than 97,000 California citizens cannot vote while serving ...
The House Judiciary Committee has come to a decision on a controversial bill involving the state’s parole process.
A divided legislative committee on Wednesday delayed a vote on legislation that would give state inmates the right to to speak by video conference at their parole hearings.
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk residents discussed everything from voting restoration rights to public defender shortages and substance abuse in prison at a criminal justice forum on Tuesday evening.
“I couldn’t be happier!” exclaimed one of their coaches, Jackson Erpenback, “they did an amazing job. The Georgetown team is ...
The current suffrage restoration process in Mississippi requires a legislator to submit a bill on each person’s behalf.
Former President Donald Trump wouldn't be prevented from returning to the White House even if the he gets convicted of a ...
JACKSON, Miss. — Kenneth Almons was released from prison at age 23 after serving about six years, and one of his felony convictions — for armed robbery — stripped away voting rights that he ...
More than 50 bills have been filed this year to restore voting rights for specific people. Legislators could consider those until the end of the four-month session, which is set for early May.