Eight Keys to Mercy: How to shorten excessive prison sentences | Prison Policy Initiative
The Prison Policy Initiative explains the eight most efficient ways to shorten long prison sentences.| www.prisonpolicy.org
The Prison Policy Initiative explains the eight most efficient ways to shorten long prison sentences.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Report grading the fairness and effectiveness of parole release in every U.S. state| www.prisonpolicy.org
Research and data on community supervision in the U.S.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Parole boards are granting parole contingent on participation in programs that are often not readily available for people behind bars, especially during the pandemic.| www.prisonpolicy.org
This was compiled by the Prison Policy Initiative and MacArthur Justice Center’s National Parole Transformation Project. It is a reflection of dozens of conversations with parole advocates, incarcerated people, people who have been through the parole process, and family members of incarcerated people and people on parole. It is meant to be a “North Star” document - a statement of belief about what our parole systems should look like. Although reform may take many paths, we hope that all...| MacArthur Justice
Research and advocacy about how mass incarceration affects individuals, communities and the national welfare.| www.prisonpolicy.org
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
