Disagreement is brewing over progress on an effort to make changes to Oklahoma’s competency restoration system, administered by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

The Consent Decree Monitoring Team and a federal judge found the department is in full compliance with its technology, and ...

Federal oversight of the New Orleans Police Department, which began nearly 13 years ago under a wide-ranging federal consent decree, has been terminated, following an informal “final proceeding” in ...

Cleveland's consent decree has delivered positive results in reforming police use of force, a monitor reported. But such ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it was canceling proposed consent decrees reached with Minneapolis and Louisville to implement policing reforms in the wake of the killings of George Floyd ...

This Wednesday and Thursday, U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. will hold the first and only public hearing on the Chicago Police Department Consent Decree, which he's overseeing. From 9:30 a.m. to 3 ...

Cleveland's police reforms earn praise as a federal assessment highlights significant progress in use of force, crisis ...

Two Taco Bell franchisees in the Midwest agreed to pay $100,000 to five female employees to end claims that the companies ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A federal judge said she’s prepared to end the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree, if all involved agree to it. The consent decree was enacted in 2013 after the ...

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