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• NEW DATA: After Almost Ten Years of Decline U.S. Prison Population Grew in 2022
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-09-21
• Memo to Kansas City, Mo.: Time to rethink your plan to build a new jail
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-09-21
• NEW DATA: Count of Youth in Confinement Fell Again in 2021
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-09-20
• 50 Years and a Wake Up: Ending the Incarceration Crisis in Texas
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-09-16
• Stand Against Injustice: Blocked from the Ballot
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-09-11
• Where There is People, There is Power
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-09-11
• 50 Years of Failure: Reimagining Public Safety
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-09-11
• Seeking shelter from mass incarceration: Fighting criminalization with Housing First
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-09-11
• Poet In Residence
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-09-02
• Amicus Brief in Support of Extending Parole Eligibility to Late Adolescents
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-31
• Director of Litigation
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-08-25
• Second-Look Sentencing: What is Working?
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-22
• The Sentencing Project Releases New Report on First Step Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-22
• The First Step Act: Ending Mass Incarceration in Federal Prisons
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-22
• High stakes mistakes: How courts respond to “failure to appear”
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-08-15
• Youth Justice Newsletter
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-14
• New Report Suggests Ways to Improve Public Safety Without Relying on Mass Incarceration
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-03
• Safety Beyond Sentencing
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-03
• The aging prison population: Causes, costs, and consequences
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-08-02
• New Book ‘Beyond Bars: A Path Forward from 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in the United States’ Maps Out Criminal Legal Reform
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-02
• Beyond Bars: A Path Forward from 50 Years of Mass Incarceration in the United States
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-02
• Comment on the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Policy Priorities for 2023-2024
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-08-01
• The Sentencing Project Applauds House Bill Restoring Voting Rights to Formerly Incarcerated Individuals
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-07-28
• Why Youth Incarceration Fails Webinar
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-07-27
• Welcome, Emmett Sanders!
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-07-24
• Heat, floods, pests, disease, and death: What climate change means for people in prison
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-07-19
• Amicus brief urging Pennsylvania Supreme Court to end mandatory life without parole for felony murder
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-07-13
• New data reveals where people in Louisiana prisons come from
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-07-13
• Releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-07-06
• New Report Reveals Effective Alternative-to-Incarceration Models for Youth Who Have Committed Serious Offenses
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-28
• Effective Alternatives to Youth Incarceration
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-28
• Testimony from Nazgol Ghandnoosh on DC’s Safer Stronger Amendment Act of 2023
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-27
• Hearing on DC’s Safer Stronger Amendment Act of 2023
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-27
• Hearing on DC’s Safer Stronger Amendment Act of 2023
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-27
• New resource: Contending with carveouts: how and why to resist charge-based exclusions in reforms
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-06-26
• Title of Op-ed 1
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-06-23
• Breaking news from inside: How prisons suppress prison journalism
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-06-15
• Unhoused and under arrest: How Atlanta polices poverty
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-06-08
• Capping Maximum Sentences
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-08
• Senior Storytelling Strategist
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-06-07
• Left to Die in Prison: Emerging Adults 25 and Younger Sentenced to Life without Parole
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-07
• Media Guide: 10 Crime Coverage Dos and Don’ts
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-06-01
• New data on HIV in prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic underscore links between HIV and incarceration
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-06-01
• New report: A blueprint for meaningful probation and parole reform in Connecticut — and other states
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-05-23
• What is civil commitment? Recent report raises visibility of this shadowy form of incarceration
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-05-18
• 2023 Annual Meeting on Law and Society
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-05-16
• New Report Finds Nearly 80% Decline in Youth Incarceration
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-05-16
• Youth Justice by the Numbers
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-05-16
• Welcome, Brian Nam-Sonenstein!
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-05-15
• Thank you for 3 impactful years!
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-05-11
• New report shows mass incarceration doesn’t stop at the prison walls
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-05-10
• Welcome, Sarah Staudt!
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-05-09
• The Ballot Bulletin: Voting Rights Wins in Minnesota and New Mexico
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-05-02
• Susan Brown
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-05-02
• Assia Serrano
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-05-01
• Policy Associate
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-05-01
• April Wilkens
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-25
• Mulumba Kazigo
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-25
• New Report: Restoring Voting Rights for People With Felony Convictions Can Improve Public Safety
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-25
• Increasing Public Safety by Restoring Voting Rights
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-25
• Lessons from COVID-19 can help prisons & jails prepare for the next pandemic
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-04-21
• The Sentencing Project Applauds Durbin, Grassley Bill to Protect Elderly People in Federal Prisons
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-20
• Testimony in Support of California Bill to Expand Access to Voting for Incarcerated People with Felony Convictions
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-19
• Report Highlights Sentencing Laws for Criminalized Domestic Violence Survivors, Urges Reform
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-19
• Sentencing Reform for Criminalized Survivors: Learning from New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-19
• Amicus Brief in Support of Ending Felony Murder Rule In Massachusetts
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-14
• Testimony in Support of DC’s Criminal Code Reform Commission
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-13
• Juvenile Life Without Parole: An Overview
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-04-07
• Mortality, health, and poverty: the unmet needs of people on probation and parole
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-04-03
• Vermont Should Give a Second Look at Extreme Sentences
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-31
• The Sentencing Project Applauds Voting Rights Reform in New Mexico
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-30
• Incarcerated Women and Girls
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-30
• Amicus Brief in Support of Ending Extreme Sentences for Youth in Indiana
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-27
• Letter in Support of New Mexico’s HB 4 to Guarantee the Right to Vote for All
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-24
• Letter in Support of Minnesota’s Senate File 26 to Guarantee the Right to Vote for All
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-24
• The Sentencing Project Applauds Unanimous (91-0) House Passage of the Oklahoma Domestic Abuse Survivorship Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-22
• Testimony in Support of Connecticut Bill to Extend Parole Eligibility to People Who Committed Crimes Before Age 25
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-20
• The Sentencing Project Condemns President Biden Decision to Sign Legislation Overturning DC’s Modernized Criminal Code
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-20
• Testimony in Support of Rhode Island’s Equity Impact Statement Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-17
• Testimony in Support of Nebraska’s Racial Impact Statement Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-17
• Strategic Initiatives Fellow
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-03-17
• Strategic Initiatives Fellow
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-03-17
• Testimony in Support of Restoring Voting Rights to People in Connecticut Prisons
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-15
• Letter Urging Lawmakers to Rescind Funding for a Proposed Federal Prison in Rural Kentucky
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-14
• Comment to the Bureau of Prisons Regarding Proposed Changes to the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-14
• Comment to the U.S. Sentencing Commission Regarding Proposed Amendments to the Guidelines Governing Compassionate Release
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-14
• Life without Parole in the Era of Mass Incarceration
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-14
• New report Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023 shows that as the pandemic subsides, criminal legal system returning to “business as usual”
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-03-14
• A sledgehammer instead of a scalpel: New rules proposed by the Biden Administration on money earned by or sent to people in federal prison are the wrong way to go
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-03-13
• Litigation Support Fellow
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-03-13
• Litigation Support Fellow
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-03-13
• The Sentencing Project Condemns Senate Vote Blocking DC’s Criminal Code Modernization
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-08
• Racial disparities in diversion: A research roundup
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-03-07
• The Sentencing Project Applauds Passage of Major Voting Rights Reform in Minnesota
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-03
• The Sentencing Project releases statement after President Biden commits to signing Republican bill blocking modernization of DC’s criminal code
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-03-03
• Administrative Assistant
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-03-02
• Administrative Assistant
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2023-03-02
• New report, Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023, reveals how many women are locked up in the U.S., where, and why
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-03-01
• How 12 states are addressing family separation by incarceration — and why they can and should do more
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2023-02-27
• A Second Look at Long-Term Imprisonment in Michigan
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2023-02-23