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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed the consent decree that would have added oversight to Louisville Metro Government and LMPD. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has said the city will take ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mayor Justin Bibb joined the Trump administration’s Department of Justice on Thursday to ask a federal judge to end Cleveland’s 2015 police consent decree, which has governed ...