What’s New
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The Geography of Incarceration in a Gateway City: The Cost and Consequences of High Incarceration Rate Neighborhoods in Worcester by MassINC
October 18: Research Clearinghouse: Community Impact
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Targeted Fines and Fees Against Communities of Color by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
October 18: Research Clearinghouse: Community Impact
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Victory in California: RISE Act repeals sentencing enhancements California took an important step forward in dismantling the War on Drugs’ harmful legacy of excessively punitive sentences. Extreme sentences harm individuals and communities, consume resources that should be directed to more effective programs, and fail to improve public safety.
October 13: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Jail phone companies flood money into Sheriff races New research shows jail phone companies contributing significant sums to Sheriff’s campaigns, in one case funding a quarter of Sheriff’s campaign spending.
October 12: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Latino Disparities in Youth Incarceration by The Sentencing Project
October 12: Research Clearinghouse: Juveniles
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Native Disparities in Youth Incarceration by The Sentencing Project
October 12: Research Clearinghouse: Juveniles
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Economic Impacts of Cash Bail on the City of Philadelphia by City of Philadelphia Office of the Controller
October 11: Research Clearinghouse: Pretrial Detention
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Native American Youth and the Juvenile Justice System by National Council on Crime and Delinquency
October 11: Research Clearinghouse: Juveniles
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Raising the Bar: State Trends in Keeping Youth Out of Adult Courts (2015-2017) by Campaign for Youth Justice
October 11: Research Clearinghouse: Juveniles
Featured report
Prisons of Poverty: Uncovering the pre-incarceration incomes of the imprisoned
Our report finds that incarcerated people are disproportionately shut out of the economy even before they are locked up. Prisons of Poverty provides the pre-incarceration incomes of incarcerated men and women by race and ethnicity and provides comparisons to the incomes of similarly aged non-incarcerated people. The report is the first to provide national data on the pre-incarceration incomes of incarcerated women.
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 2015-2016 annual report.
Recommended Reading:
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.
Research Clearinghouse
We curate a searchable database of 2,500+ 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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