criminal justice

Gov. Larry Hogan signed 144 bills into law Thursday at his fifth and last scheduled signing ceremony. But the governor’s office is still reviewing nearly…

An effort to reform the state’s criminal justice laws hit a stumbling block Monday. The state Senate delayed a vote on the legislation just hours before a…

State lawmakers put aside their partisan battles to apparently reach accord over criminal justice reform last week. But they went right back at it over a…

State legislators voiced strong support Wednesday for a bill expected to reduce prison populations and save the state more than $240 million over 10…

While 2016 is a new year, the public frustrations and political criticisms from 2015 that followed high profile police incidents - like the deaths of…

More than 20,000 people are incarcerated in Maryland, costing the state more than $1 billion a year.A commission of state and local officials released 19…

Dozens of demonstrators led by the Rev. Jamal Bryant blocked traffic on major roads into downtown Baltimore Tuesday morning to protest the state’s…

Despite the partisan budget stalemate that dominated headlines as the Maryland General Assembly session came to a close last week, lawmakers in Annapolis…

Maryland is one of three states that gives the governor the sole authority to approve or reject parole for inmates with parole-eligible life sentences.…

WYPR's Fraser Smith and John Fritze of the Baltimore Sun talk about the higher number of Maryland-based undocumented immigrants deported under the federal…