Criminal Justice reform

The House Administration Committee advances a bipartisan bill to alter Delaware’s preventative detention system, but House leadership is asking more questions this time around.

Criteria to apply for compassionate release from prison would include serious medical illness or infirmity, as well as certain age and sentence length requirements for rehabilitated individuals.

State Sen. Darius Brown and new House Minority Leader Tim Dukes host an Expungement Fair in Sussex County next week.

The Delaware Constitution currently provides a right to bail for all types of crimes, but Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend wants to change that.

Delaware lawmakers introduce a large probation and parole reform bill aimed at creating a more flexible system for justice-involved individuals.

A bill to allow individuals who have committed a violent felony to apply for the SEED scholarship could not garner enough lawmaker support to move to the House floor.

Gov. John Carney signed a stack of bills advancing criminal justice reform in the First State.

House lawmakers passed two criminal justice reform bills last week. State Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha’s (D-Wilmington) bill prevents children under 12 from…

Free speech concerns came up during a House Judiciary committee hearing Wednesday. Judges often deal with sensitive matters and high emotions. That puts…

Members of the Trump Administration visited an urban farm in Wilmington Monday. They see the project as a model for economic development and reentry…