Short, timely investigations and issue explainers

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"

Bernadette Rabuy | September 30, 2014

Prison bankers cash in on captive customers

Center for Public Integrity releases first part of a series on web of prison bankers, private vendors, and corrections agencies profiting off families of the incarcerated.

Bernadette Rabuy | September 18, 2014

BJS victimization figures show slight decline in violent crime

While recent BJS figures showed an increase in total incarcerated population, crime figures show a decrease in violent crime.

Peter Wagner and Leah Sakala | September 16, 2014

New BJS figures show that mass incarceration is getting bigger

New report serves as a sobering reminder that state-level criminal justice policy decisions are continuing to ensure that our nation remains the top incarcerator in the world.

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Short, timely investigations and issue explainers

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"

Prison bankers cash in on captive customers

Center for Public Integrity releases first part of a series on web of prison bankers, private vendors, and corrections agencies profiting off families of the incarcerated.

BJS victimization figures show slight decline in violent crime

While recent BJS figures showed an increase in total incarcerated population, crime figures show a decrease in violent crime.

New BJS figures show that mass incarceration is getting bigger

New report serves as a sobering reminder that state-level criminal justice policy decisions are continuing to ensure that our nation remains the top incarcerator in the world.

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