American Civil Liberties Union Policy Director Ed Yohnka says the growing number of legal settlements that Chicago taxpayers ...

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The fate of Louisville's consent decree is being delayed once again. A federal judge has approved a 30-day extension for the U.S. Department of Justice to submit additional materials. The agency ...

Citing the new administration, U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge for a 30-day extension to file materials ...

A consent decree drafted to improve mental health services in Oklahoma county jails has cleared its first legislative hurdle.

The U.S. Department of Justice requested a 30-day extension to file materials related to the Louisville police reform consent decree a judge requested. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Beaton ...

A consent decree in a class-action lawsuit brought by people judged incompetent to stand trial passed the House ...

However, it’s unclear that this supposed loophole would apply in consent decrees like Cleveland’s 111-page 2015 police-use-of-force decree-- adopted pursuant to a federal law that specifically ...

It's been 10 years since the city of Cleveland entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice to reform ...