Short, timely investigations and issue explainers

Peter Wagner | August 14, 2015

Jails matter. But who is listening?

Most of the people who go to prison or jail in a year go to jail, so why don't policymakers pay more attention to jails?

Peter Wagner | August 12, 2015

Are campaign contributions the new “commission”? Analysis of Securus’s contributions in Sacramento

Why is Securus one of the largest campaign contributors to the Sacramento County Sheriff?

Peter Wagner | August 11, 2015

Probation: The nicest sounding way to grease the skids of mass incarceration

Probation shouldn't be ignored: It's used too often and sets up too many people to fail.

Peter Wagner | August 10, 2015

Using the federal budget to fuel decarceration

The 2016 presidential candidates shouldn't underestimate the federal budget's power to guide state justice policy.

Rachel Gandy | August 7, 2015

Explaining Texas’ overnight prison boom

By drastically slowing releases from prisons, Texas policymakers ensured that the state’s prison population would more than double in only five years in the 1990s. Decades later, Texans are still dealing with the consequences.

Rachel Gandy | July 10, 2015

In prisons, Blacks and Latinos do the time while whites get the jobs

The Attica prison rebellion resulted from a racial/ethnic disparity between the incarcerated and the staff. Decades later, that disparity still hasn't changed.

Rachel Gandy | June 29, 2015

What’s behind New York State’s elderly prison boom?

A failure to adopt sensible parole policies is driving New York State's elderly prison boom.

Peter Wagner | June 18, 2015

The prison phone industry’s new business model: Fee Harvesting

Some of these companies call themselves phone companies, but the phone service is little more than a gimmick to charge expensive fees.

Peter Wagner | March 17, 2015

The demographics of computer ownership and high-speed internet access

The poor, the elderly, and African-Americans and Latinos are less likely to have computers or high-speed internet at home. Replacing regular jail visits with computer video chats is a bad idea.

Bernadette Rabuy | February 18, 2015

New videos: Video visitation is not “just like Skype”

4 short comedy videos reject that video visits are "just like Skype"

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Short, timely investigations and issue explainers

Jails matter. But who is listening?

Most of the people who go to prison or jail in a year go to jail, so why don't policymakers pay more attention to jails?

Are campaign contributions the new “commission”? Analysis of Securus’s contributions in Sacramento

Why is Securus one of the largest campaign contributors to the Sacramento County Sheriff?

Probation: The nicest sounding way to grease the skids of mass incarceration

Probation shouldn't be ignored: It's used too often and sets up too many people to fail.

Using the federal budget to fuel decarceration

The 2016 presidential candidates shouldn't underestimate the federal budget's power to guide state justice policy.

Explaining Texas’ overnight prison boom

By drastically slowing releases from prisons, Texas policymakers ensured that the state’s prison population would more than double in only five years in the 1990s. Decades later, Texans are still dealing with the consequences.

In prisons, Blacks and Latinos do the time while whites get the jobs

The Attica prison rebellion resulted from a racial/ethnic disparity between the incarcerated and the staff. Decades later, that disparity still hasn't changed.

What’s behind New York State’s elderly prison boom?

A failure to adopt sensible parole policies is driving New York State's elderly prison boom.

The prison phone industry’s new business model: Fee Harvesting

Some of these companies call themselves phone companies, but the phone service is little more than a gimmick to charge expensive fees.

The demographics of computer ownership and high-speed internet access

The poor, the elderly, and African-Americans and Latinos are less likely to have computers or high-speed internet at home. Replacing regular jail visits with computer video chats is a bad idea.

New videos: Video visitation is not “just like Skype”

4 short comedy videos reject that video visits are "just like Skype"

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