- April 2022
Executive Inaction: States and the federal government fail to use commutations as a release mechanismby Naila Awan and Katie Rose Quandt
- April 2022
Beyond the Count: A deep dive into state prison populationsby Leah Wang, Wendy Sawyer, Tiana Herring, and Emily Widra
- March 2022
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022by Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner
(Older versions for 2020,2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014.)
- December 2021
Winnable criminal justice reforms: Promising state reform issues for 2022by the Prison Policy Initiative
(Older versions for 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014.)
- September 2021
States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2021by Emily Widra and Tiana Herring
(Older versions for 2018, 2016 and 2014.)
- September 2021
States of Emergency: The Failure of Prison System Responses to COVID-19
by Tiana Herring and Maanas Sharma
- July 2021
Building exits off the highway to mass incarceration: Diversion programs explained
by Leah Wang and Katie Rose Quandt
- April 2021
Slamming the Courthouse Door: 25 years of evidence for repealing the Prison Litigation Reform Act
by Andrea Fenster and Margo Schlanger
- February 2021
Rigging the jury: How each state reduces jury diversity by excluding people with criminal records
by Ginger Jackson-Gleich
- December 2020
Mass Incarceration, COVID-19, and Community Spread
by Gregory Hooks and Wendy Sawyer
- October 2020
Eligible, but excluded: A guide to removing the barriers to jail voting
by Ginger Jackson-Gleich and Rev. Dr. S. Todd Yeary, Rainbow PUSH Coalition
- August 2020
Lives on the Line: Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones and the Impact of COVID-19 Behind Barsby Essie Justice Group, Color of Change, and Prison Policy Initiative
- June 2020
Failing Grades: States' Responses to COVID-19 in Jails & Prisonsby Emily Widra & Dylan Hayre
- April 2020
Reforms Without Results: Why states should stop excluding violent offenses from criminal justice reformsby Alexi Jones
- February 2020
Mapping disadvantage: The geography of incarceration in New Yorkby Prison Policy Initiative and VOCAL-NY
- December 2019
Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019by Wendy Sawyer
(Older version for 2018.)
- November 2019
The Company Store and the Literally Captive Market: Consumer Law in Prisons and Jailsby Stephen Raher
- October 2019
Women's Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019by Aleks Kajstura
(Older versions for 2018 and 2017.)
- August 2019
Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social problemsby Alexi Jones and Wendy Sawyer
- May 2019
Does our county really need a bigger jail? a guide to avoiding unnecessary jail expansionby Alexi Jones
- February 2019
Failure should not be an option:
Grading the parole release systems of all 50 statesby Jorge Renaud
- February 2019
State of Phone Justice:
Local jails, state prisons and private phone providersby Peter Wagner and Alexi Jones
- December 2018
Correctional Control: Incarceration and supervision by stateby Alexi Jones
(Older version for 2016.)
- November 2018
Eight Keys to Mercy: How to shorten excessive prison sentencesby Jorge Renaud
- October 2018
Getting Back on Course: Educational exclusion and attainment among formerly incarcerated peopleby Lucius Couloute
- August 2018
Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated peopleby Lucius Couloute
- July 2018
Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated peopleby Lucius Couloute and Dan Kopf
- June 2018
States of Women's Incarceration: The Global Context 2018by Aleks Kajstura
(Older version for 2015.)
- May 2018
The Company Store: A Deeper Look at Prison Commissariesby Stephen Raher
- January 8, 2018
The Gender Divide: Tracking women's state prison growthby Wendy Sawyer
- August 17, 2017
What “Stop-and-Frisk” Really Means: Discrimination & Use of Forceby Rose Lenehan
- May 31, 2017
Era of Mass Expansion: Why State Officials Should Fight Jail Growthby Joshua Aiken
- January 25, 2017
Following the Money of Mass Incarcerationby Peter Wagner and Bernadette Rabuy
- December 12, 2016
Reinstating Common Sense: How driver's license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving are falling out of favorby Joshua Aiken
- December 8, 2016
Punishing Poverty: The high cost of probation fees in Massachusettsby Wendy Sawyer
- September 1, 2016
Comment on the Census Bureau's Proposed 2020 Residence Criteria and Residence Situationsby Aleks Kajstura, Peter Wagner and Brenda Wright
- May 19, 2016
Protecting Written Family Communication in Jails: A 50-State Surveyby Corey Frost
- May 10, 2016
Detaining the Poor: How money bail perpetuates an endless cycle of poverty and jail timeby Bernadette Rabuy and Daniel Kopf
- January 21, 2016
You've Got Mail: The promise of cyber communication in prisons and need for regulationby Stephen Raher
- October 2015
Separation by Bars and Miles: Visitation in state prisonsby Bernadette Rabuy and Daniel Kopf
[En Español: Separación por rejas y distancia: Visitación en las prisiones estalales]
- July 2015
The Racial Geography of Mass Incarcerationby Peter Wagner and Daniel Kopf
- July 2015
Prisons of Poverty: Uncovering the pre-incarceration incomes of the imprisonedby Bernadette Rabuy and Daniel Kopf
[En Español: Las prisiónes de la pobreza: Descubriendo los sueldos de los encarcelados antes del encarcelamiento]
- March 2015
Proposed Amendments to Regulation E: Curb exploitation of people released from custody
by Stephen Raher
- February 2015
The Right Investment? Corrections Spending in Baltimore City
by the Justice Policy Institute and the Prison Policy Initiative
- January 2015
Screening Out Family Time: The for-profit video visitation industry in prisons and jails by Bernadette Rabuy and Peter Wagner
- May 2014
Breaking Down Mass Incarceration in the 2010 Census: State-by-State Incarceration Rates by Race/Ethnicityby Leah Sakala
- May 2014
Tracking State Prison Growth in 50 Statesby Peter Wagner
- May 2014
Suspending Common Sense in Massachusetts: Driver's license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to drivingby Leah Sakala
- March 2014
Reaching too far: How Connecticut's large sentencing enhancement zones miss the markby Aleks Kajstura
- October 2013
Prison Gerrymandering in Massachusetts: How the Census Bureau prison miscount invites phantom constituents to town meetingby Aleks Kajstura
- May 2013
Please Deposit All of Your Money:
Kickbacks, Rates, and Hidden Fees in the Jail Phone Industryby Drew Kukorowski, Peter Wagner and Leah Sakala
- April 2013
Imported "Constituents": Incarcerated People And Political Clout In Connecticutby Peter Wagner. Foreword by Bilal Dabir Sekou, PhD, and Cheri Quickmire
- February 2013
Return to Sender: Postcard-only Mail Policies in Jailby Leah Sakala
- September 2012
The Price To Call Home: State-Sanctioned Monopolization In The Prison Phone Industryby Drew Kukorowski
- May 2012
One Last Chance to Avoid Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Kansasby Peter Wagner and Brenda Wright
Prison Policy Initiative and Dēmos
- Spring 2012
Breaking the Census: Redistricting in an Era of Mass Incarcerationby Peter Wagner
William Mitchell Law Review, Volume 38, Number 4
- January 2012
Prison Populations Create Complications at Redistricting Timeby Peter Wagner, published in Missouri Municipal Review
- March 2011
Primer for reporters on county or municipal redistricting & prison-based gerrymanderingby Peter Wagner
- February 2011
Preventing Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Redistricting: What to Watch Forby Peter Wagner and Brenda Wright
Prison Policy Initiative and Demos
[En Español: Prevenir la manipulación de los li´mites de los distritos electorales sobre la base de la población reclusa: que´ es lo que hay que evitar]
- March 2010
Importing Constituents: Incarcerated People and Political Clout in Californiaby Aleks Kajstura and Peter Wagner
- March 2010
Importing Constituents: Incarcerated People and Political Clout in Connecticutby Peter Wagner and Christian de Ocejo
- March 2010
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Minnesotaby Aleks Kajstura
- March 2010
Fixing prison-based gerrymandering after the 2010 Census: A 50 state guideby Peter Wagner, Aleks Kajstura, Elena Lavarreda, Christian de Ocejo, and Sheila Vennell O'Rourke
- March 2010
Importing Constituents: Incarcerated People and Political Clout in Maryland by Peter Wagner and Olivia Cummings
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February 2010
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Illinois by Brett Blank and Peter Wagner
- October 2009
Importing Constituents:
Prisoners and Political Clout in Massachusetts by Elena Lavarreda, Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer
- September 2009
Importing Constituents:
Prisoners and Political Clout in Oklahoma by Peter Wagner and Elena Lavarreda
- June 2009
Importing Constituents:
Prisoners and Political Clout in Pennsylvania
by Peter Wagner and Elena Lavarreda
- January 2009
Reaching too far, coming up short: How large sentencing enhancement zones miss the mark
by Aleks Kajstura, Peter Wagner and Leah Sakala
- January 2009
Phantom Constituents in Maine’s Regional School Unit 13: How the Census Bureau’s outdated method of counting prisoners harms democracy
by Peter Wagner
- July 2008
The Geography of Punishment: How Huge Sentencing Enhancement Zones Harm Communities, Fail to Protect Children
by Aleks Kajstura, Peter Wagner and William Goldberg,
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March 2008
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Wisconsin
By John Hejduk and Peter Wagner
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February 2008
Phantom Constituents in Tennessee’s Boards of County Commissioners
By Peter Wagner and JooHye DellaRocco
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December 2007
Report to U.N. Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination that U.S. Census practices dilute votes of minority populations
by Demos and Prison Policy Initiative
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July 2007
Phantom constituents in the Empire State: How outdated Census Bureau methodology burdens New York counties
By Peter Wagner, Meghan Rudy, Ellie Happel and Will Goldberg
- April 2007
Democracy Toolkit Interactive tools to help rural citizens determine if prison populations in legislative districts are diluting their right to equal representationby Peter Wagner
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September 2006
Do you know where the children are?A Report of Massachusetts Youth Unlawfully Held Without Bail, by Barbara Fedders (Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School and Prison Policy Initiative Board Member) and Barbara Kaban (Children’s Law Center)
- February 2006
Why the Census Bureau can and must start collecting the home addresses of incarcerated people
Submitted by Peter Wagner, Eric Lotke and Andrew Beveridge
to the U.S. Census Bureau on February 10, 2006
in advance of the Bureau’s report to the Appropriations Committee on using prisoners’ homes of record in the Census
- April 2005
Prisoners of the Census: Electoral and Financial Consequences of Counting Prisoners Where They Go, Not Where They Come Fromby Eric Lotke and Peter Wagner,
Pace Law Review Volume 24, Number 2, Spring 2004
- January 2005
Brief Amici Curiae In Support Of Plaintiff-Appellant Jalil Abdul Muntaqim, a/k/a/ Anthony Bottom, Urging Reversal Of The District CourtOn Behalf Of National Voting Rights Institute And
Prison Policy Initiative
- December 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Nevadaby Peter Wagner
released by the Prison Policy Initiative and the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
- December 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Montana by Peter Wagner
- November 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Texasby Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer
- October 2004
Jim Crow in Massachusetts? Prisoner disenfranchisementby Peter Wagner
- October 2004
Actual Constituents: Students and Political Clout in New York by Peter Wagner
- July 2004
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Ohio by Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer
- April 2004
Too big to ignore: How counting people in prisons distorted Census 2000by Rose Heyer and Peter Wagner
- April 2003
The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industryby Peter Wagner
Published by the Prison Policy Initiative and the Western Prison Project
- April 2002
Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in New Yorkby Peter Wagner