The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why| www.prisonpolicy.org
The transition to a new data system creates huge gaps in national crime stats sure to be exploited by politicians in this election year.| The Marshall Project
Survey data shows mass incarceration has been used to warehouse some of the most disadvantaged members of society| www.prisonpolicy.org
Report showing poverty of those detained pretrial in local jails.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Research and advocacy about how mass incarceration affects individuals, communities and the national welfare.| www.prisonpolicy.org
The felony murder rule has a long and complicated history that is worth examining precisely because it’s not that simple.| theappeal.org
Our report reveals that at least 4.9 million people cycle through county jails each year, and most have serious medical and economic needs.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Analysis of women's incarceration trends in state prisons from 1978 to 2015. Women's prisons have grown faster than men's prisons, and since 2009 have shown less progress toward decarceration.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Communities across the country have been told that investing in new jail construction is the only way to solve old policy problems, but arguments for ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
Despite the common refrain that jails and prisons are de facto treatment facilities, most prioritize punitive mail scanning policies and strict visitation rules that fail ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
Unfortunately, this year saw the return of many types of failed criminal legal system policies that would be more at home in 1993 than 2023. ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
Recently published data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics show growing prison and jail populations, but this has little to do with crime. Instead, the ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
These trends stand in sharp contrast with polling showing 3 in 4 Americans think crime rose this year.| jasher.substack.com
Among the 27 states we surveyed, only 7 saw an increase in parole approval rate, and almost every state held substantially fewer hearings than in ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
Graph showing who profits from mass incarceration. (Hint: It's not just the private prison companies.)| www.prisonpolicy.org
In this excerpt formerly incarcerated writer James Kilgore denounces the growing use of e-carceration technologies like ankle monitors.| theappeal.org
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Report calculating homelessness among formerly incarcerated people by race and gender.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Incarceration can trigger and worsen symptoms of mental illness — and those effects can last long after someone leaves the prison gates.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Report exploring employment outcomes of formerly incarcerated people.| www.prisonpolicy.org