JERSEY could see up to 270 additional crimes recorded every year if a package of five new laws tackling violence against ...

Phil Murphy, a Democrat who served two terms as governor, signed more than 100 bills before leaving office Tuesday.

Jersey's home affairs minister has said the criminal justice system is "under significant pressure" which will only increase ...

A serial killer from N.J. evaded capture for decades. Why he’s just now confessing to more crimes. There’s a theory about how ...

On the Friday before Mother’s Day, LaMonica McIver, a first-term Democratic congresswoman from New Jersey, spent the morning ...

In January 2023, cult leader Lawrence 'Larry' Ray was sentenced to 60 years in prison for a slew of crimes, including sex ...

"Suitcase Killer" examines the shocking real case of a nurse accused of killing her husband and stuffing his remains in ...

Two youth jails NJ officials in 2017 slated to close are to be replaced by three smaller lockups that look and function more ...

As a child, John Forté was a violin prodigy from a bad part of Brooklyn who earned a scholarship to an exclusive private high ...

The Women’s Justice Institute on Thursday announced the launch of a new women-focused Community Reentry Support Center, ...

TRENTON — With hours left in his final term, Gov. Phil Murphy has freed more than 30 killers from prison and granted clemency ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held for a new space that will help incarcerated women permanently transform their lives.