We've updated the data tables and graphics from our 2017 report to show just how little has changed in our nation's overuse of jails: too ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
The health burdens of jail expansion are heaviest in places that already lock a lot of people up. Those places also would see the largest ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
Research and advocacy about how mass incarceration affects individuals, communities and the national welfare.| www.prisonpolicy.org
Our review of copay policies show that exemptions are so limited, ill-defined, and inconsistent that they fail to make the copay system less harmful for ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why| www.prisonpolicy.org
The research is clear: visitation, mail, phone, and other forms of contact between incarcerated people and their families have positive impacts for everyone — including ...| www.prisonpolicy.org
