What’s New
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Lethal injection in the modern era: Cruel, unusual, and racist by Reprieve
April 25: Research Library: Death Penalty
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New data and visualizations spotlight states’ reliance on excessive jailing 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 many people are locked up in jails, most detained pretrial and many of them are not even under local jurisdiction.
April 15: Briefings
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Recent data offer a detailed snapshot of the cost of family contact in local jails Some of the questions we receive most often about communication policies (and rates) in local jails can finally be answered, thanks to two new resources from Michigan and Minnesota.
April 11: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
Featured report
Following the Money of Mass Incarceration
Mass incarceration, state by state
Learn about the national prison crisis and how we can begin to turn the tide on mass incarceration. Then, drill down to your state. Be sure to also check out our pages focused on D.C., and the incarceration of Native people.
If our work is new to you, you might want to check out our 2022-2023 annual report.
Recommended Reading:
50 state incarceration profiles
All of our recent reports about prison/jail growth, racial disparities, and more, re-organized by state.
The rapid & unregulated growth of e-messaging in prisons
It can strengthen connections, but instead has been used to sap money from incarcerated people.
Incarceration and supervision by states
Probation and parole are the leading forms of mass punishment in America.
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.