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
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
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
Our report finds people in local jails are poorer than people in prison and non-incarcerated people. We find that the ability to pay money bail is impossible for too many defendants because the median money bail represents eight months of a typical defendant's income.
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.