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Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release.

A compromise to cram crack sentencing reform into the year-end omnibus spending bill fell apart at the last minute.

A prominent national criminal justice advocacy groups is pushing the Justice Department to support the release of women who were sexually abused by staff at a federal women’s prison in California

With violent crime increasing in much of the U.S., Republicans see a winning strategy in portraying Democrats as soft on crime ahead of this year’s elections