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Prisons neglect pregnant women in their healthcare policies Our 50-state survey finds that in spite of national standards, most states lack important policies on prenatal care and nutrition for pregnant women.

December 5: Briefings
Prosecutors and Responses to Violence by Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College

December 4: Research Library: Sentencing Policy and Practices
Interview with Heather Villanueva of More Equitable Democracy about their successful campaign to end prison gerrymandering in Washington state How a focus on accurate data and on Native communities helped end prison gerrymandering in Washington State.

December 2: Prisoners of the Census Blog
The Price of Taxation by Citation: Case Studies of Three Georgia Cities that Rely Heavily on Fines and Fees by Institute for Justice

November 29: Research Library: Economics of Incarceration
Broken Ground: Why America Keeps Building More Jails and What It Can Do Instead by Vera Institute of Justice

November 29: Research Library: Jails
Jails: Inadvertent Health Care Providers How county correctional facilities are playing a role in the safety net by The Pew Charitable Trusts

November 29: Research Library: Health impact
Unintended Consequences: Effects of Paternal Incarceration on Child School Readiness and Later Special Education Placement by Anna R. Haskins

November 29: Research Library: Education
Overcoming Barriers that Prevent Eligible Incarcerated People from Voting in Massachusetts by The Emancipation Initiative

November 29: Research Library: Felon Disenfranchisement
Pushed Out and Locked In: The Catch-22 for New York’s Disabled, Homeless, Sex-Offender Registrants by Allison Frankel

November 29: Research Library: Sexual offenses

Featured report

Prisons of Poverty: Uncovering the pre-incarceration incomes of the imprisoned

Our report finds that incarcerated people are disproportionately shut out of the economy even before they are locked up. Prisons of Poverty provides the pre-incarceration incomes of incarcerated men and women by race and ethnicity and provides comparisons to the incomes of similarly aged non-incarcerated people. The report is the first to provide national data on the pre-incarceration incomes of incarcerated women.

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 2018-2019 annual report.

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What’s New

Prisons neglect pregnant women in their healthcare policies Our 50-state survey finds that in spite of national standards, most states lack important policies on prenatal care and nutrition for pregnant women.

Prosecutors and Responses to Violence by Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College

Interview with Heather Villanueva of More Equitable Democracy about their successful campaign to end prison gerrymandering in Washington state How a focus on accurate data and on Native communities helped end prison gerrymandering in Washington State.

The Price of Taxation by Citation: Case Studies of Three Georgia Cities that Rely Heavily on Fines and Fees by Institute for Justice

Broken Ground: Why America Keeps Building More Jails and What It Can Do Instead by Vera Institute of Justice

Jails: Inadvertent Health Care Providers How county correctional facilities are playing a role in the safety net by The Pew Charitable Trusts

Unintended Consequences: Effects of Paternal Incarceration on Child School Readiness and Later Special Education Placement by Anna R. Haskins

Overcoming Barriers that Prevent Eligible Incarcerated People from Voting in Massachusetts by The Emancipation Initiative

Pushed Out and Locked In: The Catch-22 for New York’s Disabled, Homeless, Sex-Offender Registrants by Allison Frankel

Featured report

Prisons of Poverty: Uncovering the pre-incarceration incomes of the imprisoned

Mass incarceration, state by state

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