What’s New
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The Cost of Solitary Confinement: Why Ending Isolation in California Prisons Can Save Money and Save Lives by Berkeley Underground Scholars and Immigrant Defense Advocates
August 12: Research Library: Conditions of Confinement
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Both sides of the bars: How mass incarceration punishes families Government survey results illuminate the broader consequences of locking up people with children.
August 11: Briefings
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New data reveals where people in Nevada prisons come from Report shows communities in all corners of the state are harmed by mass incarceration
August 9: Press releases
Featured reports
Where people in prison come from: The geography of mass incarceration
Mass incarceration, state by state
Learn about the national prison crisis and how we can begin to turn the tide on mass incarceration. Then, drill down to your state.
If our work is new to you, you might want to check out our 2020-2021 annual report.
Recommended Reading:
50 state incarceration profiles
All of our recent reports about prison/jail growth, racial disparities, and more, re-organized by state.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the criminal justice system
Our central hub of data, research, and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in jails and prisons.
Exploitation in the criminal justice system
Companies and correctional facilities exploit captive markets. We expose them.
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.