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• Prison Banned Books Week: Books give incarcerated people access to the world, but tablets are often used to wall them off
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-09-16
• Mass incarceration is on the ballot
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-09-11
• Mass Incarceration 101: Resources to help students and teachers understand the carceral system
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-09-03
• New research links medical copays to reduced healthcare access in prisons
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-08-29
• 10 ways that mass incarceration is an engine of economic injustice
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-08-27
• The Oklahoma Thirteen: Domestic Violence Survivors Have a Chance at Justice in Oklahoma
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-26
• Building Momentum for Reform
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-22
• An Act of Regression: Louisiana takes a giant step backward in parole and sentencing reform
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-08-21
• Youth Incarceration Declined 75% Between 2000 and 2022
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-14
• Amicus Brief Challenging Mandatory Life Without Parole for Felony Murder in Florida
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-08
• New Report: Youth and Emerging Adults in Georgia Serve Cruel and Unusual Punishments
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-08
• New Report: Youth and Emerging Adults in Wisconsin Serve Cruel and Unusual Punishments
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-08
• Still Cruel and Unusual: Extreme Sentences for Youth and Emerging Adults
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-08
• Advocacy Spotlight: Texas Jail Project
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-08-06
• Research roundup: Evidence that a single day in jail causes immediate and long-lasting harms
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-08-06
• Racial Disparities in Colorado’s Voting Bans Highlighted in New Report
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-06
• Colorado Should Restore Voting Rights to Over 17,000 Citizens
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-08-06
• The Sentencing Project Condemns White House Fentanyl Analogue and Xylazine Scheduling Proposal
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-07-31
• The Sentencing Project Condemns Nebraska Attorney General and Secretary of State for Attempting to Strip Voting Rights from People with Felony Convictions
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-07-18
• The Sentencing Project Condemns Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Upholding Mississippi Felony Voting Bans
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-07-18
• Prison Policy Initiative endorses the Environmental Health in Prisons Act
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-07-18
• FCC votes to slash prison and jail calling rates and ban corporate kickbacks
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-07-18
• Rhode Island Supreme Court Affirms Emerging Adult Sentencing Reform
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-07-16
• Comment Proposing Priorities for the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s 2024-2025 Guideline Amendment Cycle
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-07-15
• New Report: Nebraska Should Restore Voting Rights to Over 10,000 People Impacted by the Criminal Legal System
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-07-11
• Nebraska Should Restore Voting Rights to Over 10,000 Citizens
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-07-11
• Webinar: In their own words: Organizing legislative testimony from incarcerated people
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-07-01
• New Report: United States a Global Outlier in Denying Voting Rights Due to Criminal Convictions
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-27
• Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Global Perspective
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-27
• Jay
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-20
• Rochelle
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-20
• Trevor
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-20
• Amber
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-20
• Calling on the FCC to make the most of its upcoming rulemaking on prison and jail telecom rates
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-06-20
• Two years after the end of Roe v. Wade, most women on probation and parole have to ask permission to travel for abortion care
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-06-18
• America’s Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-14
• New memo shows Fulton County, Ga, should rethink proposal for massive new jail
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-06-14
• New memo shows Fulton County, Ga, should rethink proposal for massive new jail
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-06-14
• New Research Brief Dispels the Idea That More Incarceration Would Address Crime Upticks
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-13
• Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-13
• Letter to North Carolina Governor Opposing Rollback of Raise the Age Legislation
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-11
• What can journalists do when prisons and jails cite HIPAA to withhold information about deaths in custody?
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-06-11
• Donald Trump can still be president, but he could be barred from being a bartender, car salesman — or real estate developer
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-06-05
• 6 facts about the mass incarceration of LGBTQ+ people
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-06-04
• Racial Justice Fund: 2023 Impact Report
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-01
• Randall McNeil
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-01
• Gaylord Salters
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-06-01
• The Sentencing Project Lauds the Expansion of Voting Rights for People Incarcerated in Colorado
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-31
• Testimony from Ashley Nellis on Pennsylvania Bill Regarding Sentencing Reform Bill
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-30
• Testimony from Olivia Naugle on DC’s UPLIFT Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-29
• Testimony in Support of California Bill to Expand Voting Access to County Jails
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-29
• Oklahoma Survivors’ Act Overcomes Veto
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-25
• Prison Policy Initiative endorses the Families Over Fees Act of 2024, which would protect incarcerated people from predatory fees
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-05-24
• Oklahoma Survivor Justice Coalition Applauds Governor for Signing the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-21
• The Second Look Movement: A Review of the Nation’s Sentence Review Laws
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-15
• Can Parole Be Rehabilitated?
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-08
• New report exposes how “Inmate Welfare Funds” in at least 49 prison systems use families’ money to pad prison budgets
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-05-06
• Journalists: Here’s how to uncover how the money in “Inmate Welfare Funds” is being spent
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-05-06
• Testimony of Nazgol Ghandnoosh on DC’s Criminal Code Reform Commission
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-05-01
• The Ballot Bulletin: Expanding the Vote in Nebraska, Colorado, and more!
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-30
• Amicus Brief Urging Pennsylvania Supreme Court to End Mandatory Life Without Parole for Felony Murder
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-26
• Unlocking the Ballot: Using Data to Expand Voting Rights
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-25
• California Should Restore Voting Rights to Over 97,000 Citizens
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-25
• California Should Restore Voting Rights to Over 97,00 Citizens
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-25
• Nebraska restored voting rights to over 7,000 people with felony convictions.
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-19
• https://www.sentencingproject.org/?p=7070
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-18
• Groups Applaud Nebraska Lawmakers’ Elimination of Post Sentence Voting Rights Ban
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-18
• Maryland Lawmakers Fail to Pass Voter Reg. for Returning Citizens
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-17
• Oklahoma Survivor Justice Coalition Praises the Oklahoma House For Nearly Unanimous Passage of the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-17
• New data and visualizations spotlight states’ reliance on excessive jailing
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-04-15
• Recent data offer a detailed snapshot of the cost of family contact in local jails
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-04-11
• Protect and Redirect: Best Practices for Juvenile Diversion
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-10
• Protect and Redirect: Measuring Equity and Results in Juvenile Diversion
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-10
• Protect and Redirect: Effective Messaging to Promote Juvenile Diversion Reform
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-10
• Protect and Redirect: How to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Diversion
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-04-10
• Updated charts show the magnitude of prison and jail racial disparities, pretrial populations, correctional control, and more
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-04-01
• Research spotlight: PrisonOversight.org equips the fight for accountability in jails and prisons
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-03-25
• Second Look Laws Are an Effective Solution to Reconsider Extreme Sentences Amidst Failing Parole Systems
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-21
• New Report: America’s Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-20
• Protect and Redirect: America’s Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-20
• Welcome, Regan Huston!
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-03-18
• Testimony on Michigan’s Second Look Sentencing Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-15
• Criminal Legal Reform Advocates Urge Passage of Second Look Legislation in Vermont
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-15
• Media Advisory: Criminal Legal Reform Advocates Rally at Michigan State Capitol Building
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-14
• Oklahoma Survivor Justice Coalition Applauds Senate Passage of Oklahoma Survivors’ Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-14
• Tenth-Anniversary Edition of The Whole Pie Report Provides the Big Picture of Mass Incarceration — and Busts 10 of the Most Persistent Myths about Prisons, Jails, and Crime
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-03-14
• Criminal Legal Reform Advocates Host Day Of Empathy at Vermont Statehouse
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-11
• The Sentencing Project Condemns House Oversight and Accountability Committee Vote to Advance the DC CRIMES Act
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-07
• New report, Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024, shows the size and scope of women’s incarceration in America
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-03-05
• The Sentencing Project Condemns DC Council’s Passage of Secure DC Crime Bill
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-05
• One in Five: Ending Mass Incarceration and its Racial Disparities
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-03-01
• Since you asked: How many women and men are released from each state’s prisons and jails every year?
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-02-28
• Comment to the U.S. Sentencing Commission Regarding Youthful Individuals
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-02-22
• Cautionary jails: Deconstructing the three “C”s of jail construction arguments
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-02-20
• Oregon shouldn’t go backwards on drug decriminalization
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-02-15
• How Mandatory Minimums Perpetuate Mass Incarceration and What to Do About It
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-02-14
• The Sentencing Project Partners with The Ad Council to Amplify PSA on Mass Incarceration in America
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-02-12
• Proposed Biden junk fees rule provides lots of transparency but little protection for incarcerated people
  Source: PrisonPolicy.org Published on 2024-02-12
• Testimony from Josh Rovner to Maryland Senate Judiciary Committee on Youth Justice Reform
  Source: SentencingProject.org Published on 2024-02-09
• Summer 2024 Intern: Investigator
  Source: CivilRightsCorps.org Published on 2024-02-09