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What’s New
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The law is supposed to protect consumers from exploitation, but it’s not protecting consumers in prisons and jails When the only way to get necessities in prison is to buy them from a single retailer, exploitation is the result.
November 14: Briefings
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Since you asked: Is it me, or is the government releasing less data about the criminal justice system? The Bureau of Justice Statistics is tasked with collecting, analyzing, and publishing data about the criminal justice system. But its reports are slowing down - and its framing of criminal justice issues is becoming more punitive.
November 14: Briefings
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Criminal records and college admissions: A modified experimental audit by Robert Stewart and Christopher Uggen
November 13: Research Library: Education
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The Right to Counsel in Wayne County, Michigan: Evaluation of Assigned Counsel Services in the Third Judicial Circuit by Sixth Amendment Center
November 11: Research Library: Trials
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Acute Care for Patients Who Are Incarcerated: A Review by Lawrence A. Haber, Hans P. Erickson, Sumant R. Ranji, et al
November 11: Research Library: Health impact
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The Power of Observation: An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Body Worn Cameras on Police Use of Force and Productivity by Taeho Kim
November 8: Research Library: Police and Policing
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Age-Standardized Mortality of Persons on Probation, in Jail, or in State Prison and the General Population, 2001-2012 by Christopher Wildeman, Alyssa W. Goldman, and Emily A. Wang
November 8: Research Library: Probation and parole
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Incarceration Exposure and Maternal Food Insecurity During Pregnancy: Findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2004-2015 by Alexander Testa and Dylan B. Jackson
November 8: Research Library: Health impact
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Police Stops and Searches of Indigenous People in Minneapolis: The Roles of Race, Place, and Gender by Marina Mileo Gorsuch and Deborah Rho
November 8: Research Library: Police and Policing
Featured report
Women's Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019
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.
If our work is new to you, you might want to check out our 2018-2019 annual report.
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Compare your state's use of the prison to the world at large
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Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.