Our expertise

The big picture:

• National FactsEmpowering our movement with useful & accessible data.
• State FactsEmpowering our movement with useful & accessible data.
• Data VisualizationsVisual explanations of mass incarceration

Specific issues:

• ExploitationCompanies & facilities exploit captive markets. We expose them.
• Jails & BailOne out of three people behind bars are in a jail. Jail reform is criminal justice reform.
• Racial justiceRacial disparities are a defining characteristic of our criminal justice system.
• Collateral consequencesPunishment doesn't end when your sentence does.
• Prison gerrymanderingHow the prison system distorts democracy
• CommunicationsProtecting phone, visitation, email, and postal contact for people behind bars.
• Geographic punishmentsPunishing based on location of offense, not severity of offense is a bad idea.
• WomenHow women fare in the world’s most punitive justice system.
• Public healthThe harms of mass incarceration extend far beyond prisons