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What’s New
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34 criminal legal system reforms that can win in 2025
In a new report, we highlight reforms that are ripe for victory in the new year and provide tips for advocates to oppose lawmakers pushing for failed “tough-on-crime” lawmaking.
December 4: Press releases
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Advocacy Spotlight: The Humanization Project
Advocates in Virginia are leveraging their own lived experience and the voices of thousands of other systems-impacted people and their families to make sweeping changes to the state’s prisons. Here’s how they’re doing it.
December 2: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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New rule means people on community supervision now qualify for Medicare
Under this new rule, more than 340,000 people over the age of 65 who are on probation or parole will have access to healthcare coverage.
December 2: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
Featured report
Detaining the Poor: How money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail time
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 2023-2024 annual report.
Recommended Reading:
The unmet health needs of people in prison
States fall far short of their duty to meet the health needs of incarcerated people.
All profit, no risk
The bail industry exploits cracks and loopholes in the legal system to avoid accountability, while growing its profits.
Compare your state's use of the prison to the world at large
Criminal justice policy in every region of the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.