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The Prison Policy Initiative uses research, advocacy, and organizing to dismantle mass incarceration. We’ve been in this movement for 23 years, thanks to individual donors like you.
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Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Articles by Meredith Booker
- Animated GIF: Jail conviction status
We created an animated GIF showing the growth of the unconvicted population in jails compared to those convicted
May 26, 2016 - BJS data shows graying of prisons
The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report exploring the fastest growing portion of the prison population, those 55 or older.
May 19, 2016 - President Obama’s record on clemency: A premature celebration
With a little over 6 months left in his term, President Obama is on track to become the President who has granted the smallest portion of clemency requests in history.
May 17, 2016 - 20 years is enough: Time to repeal the Prison Litigation Reform Act
Professor Margo Schlanger's data shows how the Prison Litigation Reform Act closed the courthouse door on incarcerated people seeking protection of their civil rights.
May 5, 2016 - The wealth of incarcerated versus non-incarcerated men over a lifetime, visualized
We make two graphs from Zaw, Hamilton, and Darity's groundbreaking dataset to illustrate the racial, ethnic and wealth disparities in incarceration.
Apr 26, 2016
Recommended Reading:
50 state incarceration profiles
All of our recent reports about prison/jail growth, racial disparities, and more, re-organized by state.
The rapid & unregulated growth of e-messaging in prisons
It can strengthen connections, but instead has been used to sap money from incarcerated people.
Incarceration and supervision by states
Probation and parole are the leading forms of mass punishment in America.
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.