Shaila Dewan

Decarlos Brown Jr. had harbored paranoid delusions for years, yet under state law he was not considered dangerous enough to be treated against his will.

Some mayors and police chiefs said they would welcome more traditional law enforcement cooperation with federal agents, but see the National Guard as a step too far.

President Trump has latched on to concerns about crime, as liberals point to its decline. The politics often flip when it comes to mass shootings.

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in Germany in search of ways to improve conditions for American inmates.

Attacks, such as an assassination in Minnesota, are on the rise. Their motives are often hard to parse.

After George Floyd was killed, people from the right and left agreed that the act was unconscionable. Now, some conservatives are calling for the police officer responsible to be pardoned.

The Justice Department ended efforts to push for reform in Minneapolis, Louisville and several other cities. But does federal involvement make a difference in policing?

Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.

An organization in Chicago is trying to apply a strategy used for fighting drug addiction to reduce gun violence.

Federal law has special provisions in domestic violence cases because of their unique risks.

A group of transgender women in federal prisons who would have been moved into men’s facilities can stay where they are for now.

The federal Bureau of Prisons is banning the use of preferred pronouns, stopping special pat-down procedures and rejecting underwear requests from transgender prisoners.

Mr. Peltier was convicted in the killing of two F.B.I. agents. An order from former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will allow him to serve his remaining time under home confinement.

A temporary restraining order blocked the administration from transferring transgender women and from ending gender-transition treatment for prisoners.

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.

With only two weeks left in the Biden administration, officials hurried to finalize a plan in the city where George Floyd was murdered.

As time runs out for the Biden administration, cities like Minneapolis — where an investigation found abuse and racial discrimination — may avoid oversight.

The Police Department has been under scrutiny since Tyre Nichols’s death last year. The report noted that children in particular had experienced “aggressive and frightening encounters with officers.”

President Biden has pardoned people convicted of some marijuana offenses, but advocates for prisoners say he has been slow to grant other requests.

Cities have paid out billions of dollars in police misconduct cases, but depending on the case, families may not receive any money at all. A recent $100 million penalty for a police shooting case in Dallas may never lead to a payout.