Alison Walsh | March 30, 2016

Massachusetts removes major roadblock to re-entry: unnecessary license suspensions

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill to end license suspensions for people convicted of drug offenses unrelated to road safety, eliminating a major barrier toward successful re-entry.

Alison Walsh | March 23, 2016

Despite court stay, Mississippi sets new phone rates in accordance with FCC order

Mississippi just slashed its phone rates beyond what was required. What does that say to the states challenging the FCC's original order?

Alison Walsh | March 17, 2016

Massachusetts may soon end license suspensions for drug offenses, with one caveat

Massachusetts conference committee has reached a compromise on bill that would end driver's license suspensions for drug offenses.

Chandra Bozelko | December 30, 2015

New report reveals civil forfeiture

Peter Wagner | December 8, 2015

Who is in jail? Deep dive

Jail churn and pre-trial detention are even more important than a quick look at the data suggests. Here, we correct for the fact that a sizable number of people are housed in jails for other agencies.

Peter Wagner | November 25, 2015

Prison profiteers use campaign contributions to buy contracts

How do the campaign contributions of the prison phone industry compare to those of the private prison industry?

Aleks Kajstura | November 17, 2015

Alternative to incarceration? New report critiques electronic monitoring

Peter Wagner | October 7, 2015

Are private prisons driving mass incarceration?

Private prisons are more like a parasite on the publicly-owned prison system, not the root cause of mass incarceration.

Peter Wagner | September 29, 2015

What would prison telephone justice look like?

What would effective state executive or legislative action for prison and jail telephone justice look like?

Peter Wagner | September 3, 2015

Mass incarceration and the presidential candidates

Blaming the 1990s public for mass incarceration is too simple of an answer.