What’s New
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2017 Federal Sentencing Statistics by United States Sentencing Commission
April 19: Research Clearinghouse: Sentencing Policy and Practices
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The Evolving Landscape of Crime and Incarceration by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
April 19: Research Clearinghouse: Economics of Incarceration
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Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger by Bread for the World Institute
April 17: Research Clearinghouse: Community Impact
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Legal Resources The legal resource database was updated with new listings for Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
April 17: Legal Resources
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Urban crime rates and the changing face of immigration: Evidence across four decades by Robert Adelman, Lesley Williams Reid, Gail Markle, Saskia Weiss, and Charles Jaret
April 17: Research Clearinghouse: Immigration
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An Overview of Offender Reentry by National Institute of Justice
April 16: Research Clearinghouse: Recidivism and Reentry
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Injuries associated with bunk beds that occur in jail by Randall T. Lodera and Jocelyn Cole Young
April 16: Research Clearinghouse: Health impact
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State-level studies identify causes of the national “gender divide” Our January report showed how incarcerated women are being left behind, but to identify specific areas for improvement, state-level research is needed.
April 11: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Target agrees to compensate thousands in discriminatory hiring case A new court settlement illustrates the pervasiveness of criminal record discrimination in the United States.
April 11: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
Featured report
Detaining the Poor: How money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail time
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.
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 Clearinghouse
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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