The vice president of El Salvador denied Sen. Chris Van Hollen a face-to-face visit with a Maryland man wrongly deported last month.

In the decade since Gray’s arrest, Baltimore insists there has been a transformation in policing, but some residents aren’t so sure.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration visited two state jails last year and performed “accountability audits” that uncovered violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Despite Maryland’s progressive reputation, the disparities in its criminal justice system are among the worst in the country.

Baltimore is shifting its approach to fighting a burgeoning illicit drug trade, and the City Council is pressing police and Mayor Brandon Scott for a plan.

City attorneys and the U.S. Department of Justice are asking a judge to narrow the scope of the Baltimore Police Department’s federal oversight.

Maintaining Maryland’s prison fences is estimated to cost the state $34 million every two years for the next 30 years.

The state corrections department recorded a discovery rate for weapons in its facilities at about 13 per 100 prisoners and detainees.

People leaving Maryland prisons and state-run Baltimore jails often do so with complex medical needs, ranging from substance use disorder, to hypertension and diabetes.

Trans prisoners make up a fraction of Maryland’s incarcerated population, but nearly half of its settlement payouts last year. Efforts to reform policy have been slow.

Drugs? Staffing? Lack of air conditioning? Maryland corrections officials and union members differ on reasons behind surge in violence.

State inspectors have cited the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services with health and safety violations after parole agent’s killing.

A specialized wing of the attorney general’s office launched 22 investigations and its first prosecution in 2024.

Trayvon Ocain, 33, died in a facility that is under scrutiny for its health care system. His family wants answers.

Baltimore Police say 201 people were killed in 2024, with more than 400 people shot and wounded.

Maryland has spent nearly half a million dollars on a private law firm to try and exit a decades-old lawsuit. So far, it has little to show for it.

The plaintiffs challenging Baltimore jail health care, led by the ACLU’s National Prison Project, have nominated three of their own selections to become medical monitor.

The impending closure of Baltimore’s original community-led police oversight board has raised new questions. It may also present new opportunities.

A law firm’s request for records about plans to build a center for incarcerated women has led to a year-and-a-half-long saga that recently culminated in a lawsuit.

The Baltimore Police Department’s achievements come amid an uncertain backdrop in the federal monitoring of local police departments.