The former assistant director of a federal halfway house in Newport News admitted Thursday he took cash bribes from an inmate. Marlon R. Jones Jr. of Portsmouth admitted as part of a guilty plea that ...

WASHINGTON — The more than 240 inmates who have slipped away from federal custody in the past three years while traveling to halfway houses include several who robbed banks and hijacked cars while on ...

A Washington, D.C., halfway house, intended to help imprisoned men transition back to freedom, is under scrutiny for an outsized number of inmates who illegally leave the facility each year. An ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. The First Step Act is a significant piece of criminal justice ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Although halfway houses have changed dramatically through the years - morphing from intimate dwellings with a handful of wayward souls to large, institution-like facilities run by ...