Oklahoma lawmakers approved legislation and a consent decree aimed at reducing mental health treatment wait times for inmates deemed incompetent to stand trial, with new oversight measures to ensure ...

CARMEN HAS MADE STRONG PROGRESS, ACCORDING TO THOSE OVERSEEING THE PROCESS. BUT THERE STILL IS A LOT MORE WORK THAT REMAINS. REPORTER A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED TODAY. BALTIMORE CITY POLICE ARE IN FULL AND ...

The ongoing crisis at Rikers Island has been met with a barrage of reforms, oversight, and federal mandates – chief among them, the Nunez Consent Decree. Yet, despite a decade of intervention, the ...

The union representing Louisville Metro Police officers filed a motion in federal court opposing the recently signed consent decree between city officials and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding ...

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As Cleveland officials push to end nearly 11 years of federal oversight of the city’s police department, critics say the move may be premature — and potentially risky. The federal ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville’s police department is officially under the watchful eyes of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Last March, the DOJ released a scathing report into the discriminatory ...

A consent decree is one of the federal government’s most aggressive tools for reining in police departments found to be violating the U.S. Constitution. Republican presidents rarely pursue them. Trump ...