Since 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice has started more than 70 investigations into civil rights violations and discrimination by police, 40 ending with consent decrees or other agreements. The ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal oversight of police reform in Louisville isn’t happening as the Department of Justice (DOJ) moves to end ongoing consent decrees. Consent decrees are legally binding ...

After she began to wonder if her own sexual assault case would ever be solved, Julie Ford decided to look into how the New Orleans Police Department handled other crimes of sexual violence. In 2018, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Craig Greenberg has announced Louisville has signed a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after more than nine months of negotiations. The ...

MADISON ELLIOTT WLKY NEWS. STANDING TO MY LEFT ARE TWO MEN WHO ARE NOT JUST HOPEFUL THIS WILL WORK. THEY’RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE IT WORK. I’M JOINED TONIGHT BY LOUISVILLE MAYOR ...

Yesterday, Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for a special New Orleans City Council meeting to discuss the proposed federal consent decree for Orleans Parish Prison - namely how the millions of dollars to ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of the article provided incorrect information about the number of agencies that have been released from DOJ agreements and the status of the consent ...