Shaila Dewan

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.

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.