The big picture of youth confinement in America, showing how many kids are entangled in the criminal legal system and why.| www.prisonpolicy.org
A new study analyzing a national survey of youth in custody reveals stark disparities in rates of staff physical assault among Black and neurodivergent youth.| www.prisonpolicy.org
The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why| www.prisonpolicy.org
Research and advocacy about how mass incarceration affects individuals, communities and the national welfare.| www.prisonpolicy.org
An underutilized government dataset goes deep into daily life in state prisons — including work assignments, programming, and discipline — revealing lost opportunities for rehabilitation, ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
Government survey results illuminate the broader consequences of locking up people with children.| www.prisonpolicy.org