What’s New
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How does unaffordable money bail affect families? Using a national data set, we find that over half of the people held in jail pretrial because they can’t afford bail are parents of minor children.
August 15: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people by Prison Policy Initiative
August 15: Research Library: Recidivism and Reentry
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New report, Nowhere to Go, breaks down the housing crisis among formerly incarcerated people A stable home is all but required for successful reentry. How many formerly incarcerated people are locked out of housing?
August 14: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Victoria Law on Marketplace: How email services in prison exploit incarcerated people As our research as shown, companies like JPay gouge people who are already overcharged and underpaid.
August 8: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Reentering Women: The Impact of Social Ties on Long-Term Recidivism by Kelle Barrick, Pamela K. Lattimore, and Christy A. Visher
August 8: Research Library: Conditions of Confinement
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The Trial Penalty: The Sixth Amendment Right to Trial on the Verge of Extinction and How to Save It by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
August 8: Research Library: Sentencing Policy and Practices
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Young Adults and Community Supervision The Need for a Developmentally Appropriate Approach to Probation by Texas Criminal Justice Coalition
August 8: Research Library: Youth
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Algorithmic Risk Assessments and the Double-Edged Sword of Youth by Megan T. Stevenson and Christopher Slobogin
August 7: Research Library: Sentencing Policy and Practices
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Girls Matter: Centering Gender in Status Offense Reform Efforts by Vera Institute of Justice
August 6: Research Library: Women
Featured report
Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated people
In a first-of-its-kind report, the Prison Policy Initiative calculates the unemployment rate for formerly incarcerated people. People who have been to prison overwhelmingly want to work, but face huge obstacles in the job market.
In a followup report, Nowhere to Go, we use the same dataset to break down the housing crisis among formerly incarcerated people.
Unpacking mass incarceration
Learn about the national prison crisis and how we can begin to turn the tide on mass incarceration. Then, drill down to your state.
If our work is new to you, you might want to check out our 2016-2017 annual report.
Recommended Reading:
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.
Research Library
We curate a searchable database of 2,700+ original research reports, organizing each entry by topic and adding brief summaries.
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie
Our report that shows the number of people who are locked up in all of the different types of facilities and why they are there.
Breaking Down Mass Incarceration in the 2010 Census:
State-by-State Incarceration Rates by Race/Ethnicity
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