What’s New
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Memo to Kansas City, Mo.: Time to rethink your plan to build a new jail At the request of Decarcerate KC, we reviewed the city’s plans to build a new jail and found the community doesn’t actually need more jail beds and most people currently in its custody are there for minor offenses.
September 21: Prison Policy Initiative Blog
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Seeking shelter from mass incarceration: Fighting criminalization with Housing First Providing unconditional housing with embedded services can reduce chronic homelessness, reduce incarceration, and improve quality of life – especially for people experiencing substance use disorder and mental illness.
September 11: Briefings
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Removing Barriers to Pretrial Appearance Lessons Learned from Tulsa County, Oklahoma, and Hennepin County, Minnesota by Urban Institute
September 1: Research Library: Pretrial Detention
Featured research
Collateral Consequences: Unemployment, homelessness, and educational opportunties among formerly incarcerated people
- Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated people
- Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people
- Getting Back on Course: Educational exclusion and attainment among formerly incarcerated people
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. Be sure to also check out our pages focused on D.C., and the incarceration of Native people.
If our work is new to you, you might want to check out our 2021-2022 annual report.
Recommended Reading:
Advocacy Toolkit
Resources, tips, and best practices to help advocates working to end mass incarceration.
50 state incarceration profiles
All of our recent reports about prison/jail growth, racial disparities, and more, re-organized by state.
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie
The U.S. incarcerates 1.9 million people, more than any other country. Where are they locked up and why? Read our report.
Exploitation in the criminal justice system
Companies and correctional facilities exploit captive markets. We expose them.