40 Best Criminal Justice Blogs and Websites in 2025
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1. Jonathan Turley Blog
Blog https://jonathanturley.org/ + Follow Blog
Prof. Jonathan Turley is a nationally recognized legal scholar who has written extensively in areas ranging from constitutional law to legal theory & tort law. He writes about Constitutional Law, Environment, Free Speech, Lawyering, Politics, Religion, Supreme Court, and more.MORE Email ****@law.gwu.edu
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2. Death Penalty Information Center
Blog https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/ + Follow Blog
Death Penalty Information Center, serving the media and public with analysis & information concerning capital punishment.
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3. The Sentencing Project
Blog https://www.sentencingproject.org/ + Follow Blog
The Sentencing Project has worked for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system for 30 years.
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4. Journal of International Criminal Justice
Blog https://academic.oup.com/jicj/issue + Follow Blog
The Journal of International Criminal Justice aims to promote a profound collective reflection on the new problems facing international law.
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5. Vera Institute of Justice
Blog https://www.vera.org/news-and-stories + Follow Blog
Vera works closely with government to build and improve justice systems that ensure fairness, promote safety, and strengthen communities.
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6. John Jay Research
Blog https://johnjayresearch.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ + Follow Blog
Features research and scholarship from the academic community at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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7. Prison Policy Initiative Blog
Blog https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/ + Follow Blog
The Prison Policy Initiative was founded in 2001 to document and publicize how over-criminalization undermines our national welfare. This blog provides research and advocacy about how mass incarceration affects individuals, communities and the national welfare.MORE Facebook 27.2KTwitter 72.6K Domain Authority 69 Read Now Get Email Contact
8. Solitary Watch
Blog https://solitarywatch.org/ + Follow Blog
Solitary Watch is a nonprofit national watchdog group that investigates, documents, and disseminates information on the widespread use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails.
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9. Matt Mangino
Blog http://www.mattmangino.com/ + Follow Blog
Matt Mangino is Attorney, former district attorney of Lawrence County and author of The Executioner's Toll, 2010.
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10. Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Blog https://www.cjcj.org/news + Follow Blog
CJCJ promotes balanced and humane criminal justice policies that reduce incarceration and promote long-term public safety. Covers articles on drug abuse, juvenile justice, social justice and sentencing.MORE Email ****@cjcj.org
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11. Juvenile Law Center News
Blog https://jlc.org/news + Follow Blog
Breaking news, headlines, and press releases from the Juvenile Law Center. Juvenile Law Center advocates for rights, dignity, equity and opportunity for youth in the child welfare and justice systems.MORE Email ****@jlc.org
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12. JUSTICE BUILDING BLOG
Blog http://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
This blog has been called 'the definitive blog on miami criminal law' by the NY times, the washington post, the pope, and donald trump who also once said it was 'really great'.
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13. Russell Webster » Criminal Justice
Blog https://www.russellwebster.com/category/crimi.. + Follow Blog
Get the latest developments in alcohol and drugs, criminal justice and payment by results.
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14. Penal Reform International Blog
Blog https://www.penalreform.org/blog/ + Follow Blog
Penal Reform International develops and promotes fair, effective and proportionate responses to criminal justice problems worldwide.
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15. Crime and Consequences Blog
Blog https://www.crimeandconsequences.blog/ + Follow Blog
The Crime and Consequences Blog discusses crime and the criminal law. We approach criminal law issues from the perspective of victims of crime and the law-abiding public. As most of the existing criminal law blogs are defense-oriented, this is a step toward balance in the blogosphere as a whole.MORE Email ****@cjlf.org
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16. The Charles Smith Blog
Blog https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
The Charles Smith Blog began in 2007 after Charles retired from The Toronto Star. Its main goal was to keep looking into the story of a problematic pathologist and the harm caused to innocent parents, caregivers, and Ontario's justice system. The Blog mainly focuses on cases that raise issues in these areas, especially those involving the death penalty.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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17. Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center
Blog http://harriscountycriminaljustice.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Murray Newman is a former Chief Harris County Prosecutor practicing only criminal defense in Harris and Brazos Counties and the surrounding areas. An insider's view of what is really happening in the Harris County Criminal Courts.MORE Email ****@murraynewman.com
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18. Chicago Justice News
Blog https://chicagojustice.org/news/ + Follow Blog
Our Justice Media Project is focused on capturing, tracking, and analyzing media coverage of crime and violence in Chicago. We seek to reform the coverage of these vital issues so that they more adequately reflect media coverage of how these issues actually occur in our city.MORE Email ****@chicagojustice.org
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19. Centre for Justice Innovation Blog
Blog https://justiceinnovation.org/blog + Follow Blog
We combine research and real-world projects to develop new ideas and new practice in the British criminal justice system.
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20. Online Criminal Justice News
Blog http://criminal-justice-online.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Providing criminal justice news to criminal justice practitioners, students and academics.
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21. Law Office of David A. Breston Blog
Blog https://www.houston-criminalattorney.com/blog/ + Follow Blog
At the Law Office of David A. Breston, we work to level the playing field with the vast resources of the government, and provide outstanding legal advice, representation, and results to clients accused of state and federal crimes throughout Texas.MORE Email ****@davidbreston.com
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22. Children and Young People's Centre for Justice Blog
Blog https://www.cycj.org.uk/blog/ + Follow Blog
The Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ) supports improvement in youth justice, contributing to better lives for individuals and communities.
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23. Criminology and Criminal Justice
Blog http://umdccjs.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Leading in the development of criminology and criminal justice research and theory; the training of graduate students to conduct and understand basic and applied research; and the provision of undergraduate education of the highest quality.MORE Email ****@umd.edu
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24. The Criminal Justice Blog
Blog https://thecriminaljusticeblog.com/ + Follow Blog
The Criminal Justice Blog is for policy makers, practitioners, academics and everyone interested in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
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25. Sentencing Law and Policy
Blog https://sentencing.typepad.com/ + Follow Blog
Sentencing Law and Policy blog provides information and commentary about guidelines and capital sentencing. Professor Berman is the sole creator and author of the Sentencing Law and Policy blog. Professor Berman provides consulting services on various cutting-edge federal sentencing issues. He also is frequently contacted by the media concerning sentencing developments.MORE Email ****@osu.edu
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26. Grits for Breakfast
Blog https://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Scott Henson is presently interim Executive Director at Just Liberty, a 501(c)4 focused on justice reform in Texas. A former journalist and political opposition researcher, Scott have laboured for more than two decades in Texas' criminal-justice reform movement, having been involved in passing some of Texas' most celebrated 21st-century reform legislation. He created Grits for Breakfast in 2004, having before then operated a criminal-justice reform site hand-coded in HTML beginning in 1997.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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27. Innocence Project News
Blog https://innocenceproject.org/news/ + Follow Blog
The Innocence Project exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustices.
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28. Cop in the Hood
Blog https://copinthehood.com/ + Follow Blog
Peter Moskos is a professor in the Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. A Princeton and Harvard trained sociologist, he was a Baltimore City Police Officer and is the director of John Jay College's NYPD Executive Master's Leadership Program.MORE Email ****@jjay.cuny.edu
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29. Pace Criminal Justice Blog
Blog https://pcjc.blogs.pace.edu/ + Follow Blog
A blog on Criminal Justice by Pace University.
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30. Prison Culture
Blog https://www.usprisonculture.com/2020/04/ + Follow Blog
Prison Culture blog is an attempt to document how the current prison industrial complex operates and to underscore the ways that it structures American society. Follow to get latest updates.
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31. Wrongful Convictions Blog
Blog https://wrongfulconvictionsblog.org/ + Follow Blog
This blog covers any and all issues wherever they arise in the world related to the problem of wrongful conviction of the innocent.
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32. Right on Crime Blog
Blog https://rightoncrime.com/news/blog/ + Follow Blog
We conduct policy research and mobilize strong conservative voices to help promote cost-effective criminal justice systems at both the state and federal level.
Email ****@texaspolicy.com
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33. National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance Blog
Blog https://artsincriminaljustice.org.uk/blog/ + Follow Blog
he National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance is a coalition of almost 600 members: artists, arts and Criminal Justice Sector organisations and individuals who work with prisoners, those on probation and ex-offenders in the community. We aim to ensure that people within the Criminal Justice System get access to arts opportunities as a springboard to positive change.MORE Email ****@artsincriminaljustice.org.uk
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34. Criminal Justice Alliance Blog
Blog https://www.criminaljusticealliance.org/blog/ + Follow Blog
The Criminal Justice Alliance is a coalition of more than 90 organisations committed to improving the criminal justice system.
Email ****@CRIMINALJUSTICEALLIANCE.ORG
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35. Transform Justice
Blog https://www.transformjustice.org.uk/podcast-i.. + Follow Blog
Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, humane, open and effective justice system.
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36. Anthropoliteia Blog
Blog https://anthropoliteia.net/blog/ + Follow Blog
A blog offering critical perspectives on police, security, crime, law and punishment around the world.
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37. Crimbrary
Blog http://crimbrary.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
Your resource for news, research, opinion and comment in the world of Criminology and Criminal Justice, brought to you by the Criminology Library, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto.MORE Twitter 627 Domain Authority 25 Read Now Get Email Contact
38. glynn b. cartledge Blog
Blog https://www.glynnbcartledge.com/blog + Follow Blog
Keep up with articles from glynn b. cartledge.
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39. Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice
Blog http://mediacriminaljustice.blogspot.com/ + Follow Blog
The official blog associated with the book, Media Coverage of Crime and Criminal Justice!
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40. Criminal Justice in Ireland
Blog https://criminaljusticeinireland.wordpress.co.. + Follow Blog
A contemporary blog on criminal justice issues
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Criminal Justice Bloggers
| Blogger Name | Designation | Blog Link | Twitter Handle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Turley | Author | jonathanturley.org | @jonathanturley | |
| Katie Rose Quandt | Senior Editor | prisonpolicy.org/blog | @katierosequandt | |
| Michael Rushford | Author | crimeandconsequences.blog | ||
| Harold Levy | Author | smithforensic.blogspot.com | @hlevy15 | |
| Fiona Dyer | Director and Author | cycj.org.uk/blog | @fifidyer | |
| Ranald McTaggart | Deputy Director and author | cycj.org.uk/blog | ||
| Dr Nina Vaswani | Author | cycj.org.uk/blog | ||
| Peter Moskos | Author | copinthehood.com | @petermoskos | |
| Douglas A. Berman | Contributor | typepad.com | ||
| Kent Scheidegger | Contributor | crimeandconsequences.blog | ||
| Mike Wessler | Contributor | prisonpolicy.org | ||
| Caitlin Konya | Contributor | solitarywatch.org | ||
| Justice Policy | Contributor | mattmangino.com | ||
| Dani Selby | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Elizabeth Berger | Contributor | crimeandconsequences.blog | ||
| Nazish Dholakia | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Lindsay Rosenthal | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Wanda Bertram | Contributor | prisonpolicy.org | ||
| Law | Contributor | mattmangino.com | ||
| Celeste Barry | Contributor | sentencingproject.org | ||
| jonathanturley | Contributor | jonathanturley.org | ||
| Kym Stapleton | Contributor | crimeandconsequences.blog | ||
| Darren Smith | Contributor | jonathanturley.org | ||
| Moskos | Contributor | copinthehood.com | ||
| Léon Digard | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Jacob Kang-brown | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Mirilla Zhu | Contributor | solitarywatch.org | ||
| Erica Bryant | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Walter Ball | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Nicholas Turner | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Sam Mccann | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Elizabeth Allen | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Sarah Omojola | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Brandon Dennis | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| David Sell | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Elle Gray Teshima | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Myles Martin | Contributor | vera.org | ||
| Jlucivero | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Justin Chan | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Henry Decker | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Meghan Nguyen | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Alicia Maule | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Madeo-design | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Julia Lucivero | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Madeodev | Contributor | innocenceproject.org | ||
| Morgan Mcleod | Contributor | sentencingproject.org | ||
| Interactive | Contributor | sentencingproject.org | ||
| Christian Taylor | Contributor | sentencingproject.org | ||
| Emily Widra | Contributor | prisonpolicy.org | ||
| Emma Williams | Contributor | prisonpolicy.org |