Four years ago this week, just before Christmas, both parties came together for a holiday miracle: passing the First Step Act, the most significant change to our justice system in decades. It was a ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by U.S. President Donald Trump (L) after serving 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, thanks the press during a ...

When we reconnected on Capitol Hill, we shook hands and smiled. The differences in our lives are stark. One of us served 22 years in prison and was released five years ago thanks to legislation known ...

President-elect Trump has been accused of countless things, but never of being predictable. Criminal justice policy is a case in point. Few could have anticipated that landmark prison reform stymied ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Disgraced Kansas City pharmacist Robert Courtney is being released after serving only 22 years of his 30-year sentence. Courtney admitted to diluting 72 medications for over ...

For more than six decades, First Step Inc. has been a steady presence in Hot Springs and surrounding communities -- quietly ...