Monday, September 18 2017:

• Against the Odds: Experimenting with Alternative Forms of Bail in New York City's Criminal Courts, Vera Institute of Justice. September, 2017. "If New York City courts opted more frequently for alternative forms of bail, they could potentially reduce the use of pretrial detention without compromising other important considerations of compliance with court appearances and public safety."

Friday, September 15 2017:

• Guideposts for the Era of Smart Decarceration Center for Social Development. February, 2017. (This report offers strategies for practitioners, advocates, reformers, and researchers with an interest in transforming the criminal justice system.)
• American Indian and Alaska Natives in Local Jails, 1999-2014 Bureau of Justice Statistics. September, 2017. (An estimated 10,400 American Indian and Alaska Native people were held in local jails at midyear 2014, up from an estimated 5,500 at midyear 1999.)

Thursday, September 14 2017:

• An Analysis of the Implementation of the 2014 Clemency Initiative United States Sentencing Commission. September, 2017. "President Obama made 1,928 grants of clemency during his presidency. Of them, 1,716 were commutations of sentence, more commutations than any other President has granted."

Wednesday, September 6 2017:

• Prisoners in Ohio's Execution List Defined By Intellectual Impairment, Mental Illness, Trauma, and Young Age [Website] Fair Punishment Project. August, 2017. "Ohio is poised to violate constitutional limitations by scheduling the executions of nearly a dozen individuals with devastating impairments, including mental illnesses, childhood abuse, and intellectual disabilities."
• The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Conditions of Confinement in Michigan's Prisons [PDF] Michigan Bar Journal. September, 2017. "The explosion of Michigan’s prison population from 1975 through 2006 led to conditions of confinement that were often detrimental to prisoners’ rehabilitation."
• California Probation in the Era of Reform Public Policy Institute of California. August, 2017. (California's public safety realignment shifted the management of lower-level offenders from state prison and parole to county jail and probation. This report discusses how these changes affected local corrections systems.)