What’s New
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New York City to make all calls from jail free New York City becomes the first jurisdiction to make calls home from jails free. Who else is going to follow this smart step?
July 19: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Silent Injustice: Solitary Confinement in Virginia by ACLU Virginia
July 18: Research Library: Conditions of Confinement
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Families and advocates ask FCC to stop phone giant’s further expansion We argue that Securus’ history of misconduct should make it ineligible to acquire competitor ICSolutions.
July 17: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated people by Prison Policy Initiative
July 17: Research Library: Recidivism and Reentry
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New report, Out of Prison & Out of Work, calculates the first unemployment rate for formerly incarcerated people Formerly incarcerated people overwhelmingly want to work, but they face huge obstacles in the job market.
July 10: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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The Impact of Early Representation: An Analysis of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Pre-Trial Release Unit by California Policy Lab
July 9: Research Library: Pretrial Detention
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Parole Revocation in Connecticut: opportunities to reduce incarceration by Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic
July 9: Research Library: Probation and parole
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Texas Custodial Death Report Police, jail, and prison deaths 2005-2015 by Texas Justice Initiative
June 25: Research Library: Health impact
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Police Brutality Bonds How Wall Street Profits from Police Violence by Action Center on Race and the Economy
June 25: Research Library: Economics of Incarceration
Featured report
States of Incarceration: The Global Context
This report and infographic directly situates individual U.S. states in the global context, and reveals that every region in the U.S. is out of step with rest of the world when it comes to incarceration.
We also have a parallel report focused on the incarceration of 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 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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