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Almost half of all incarcerated people are in rural jails and prisons and at risk of losing access to hospitals Prison Policy Initiative

Pretrial detention Prison Policy Initiative

Probation and parole Prison Policy Initiative

Tracking how the Trump administration is making the criminal legal system worse Prison Policy Initiative

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025 Prison Policy Initiative

Parole in Perspective: A deep dive into discretionary parole systems Prison Policy Initiative

Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2025 Prison Policy Initiative

New report, Parole in Perspective, shines a light on how parole boards work and how parole decisions are made in 35 states Prison Policy Initiative

New report, Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2025, shows racial disparities in youth confinement worsening as total numbers go down Prison Policy Initiative

New report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025, shows prisons and jails continuing to lock up more people after a decade of consistent declines Prison Policy Initiative

In 2025, every U.S. state outranks most democratic countries in women’s incarceration, new report shows Prison Policy Initiative

FCC postpones its groundbreaking 2024 rules, allowing excessive phone and video rates to continue Prison Policy Initiative

Bad Behavior: How prison disciplinary policies manufacture misconduct Prison Policy Initiative

States of Women’s Incarceration: The Global Context 2025 Prison Policy Initiative

New report, Hiding in Plain Sight, reveals local jails’ essential role in Trump’s mass deportation strategy and how counties can stop it Prison Policy Initiative

Birth behind bars: Ten years of U.S. jail births covered in the news highlight horrific experiences and minimal data collection Prison Policy Initiative

12 of our most important reports, briefings, and wins from 2024 Prison Policy Initiative

“You want to be in the hell you already know”: How prison transfers regularly upend incarcerated people’s lives Prison Policy Initiative

Policies for waiving medical copays in prisons are not enough to undo the harm caused by charging incarcerated people for health care access Prison Policy Initiative

100 days of the Trump administration rolling back progress in the criminal legal system Prison Policy Initiative

Seven facts about mass incarceration that sound like April Fools’ Day hoaxes, but aren’t Prison Policy Initiative

New Prison Policy Initiative report explains notoriously bad correctional healthcare Prison Policy Initiative

New research finds higher county jail rates have deadly consequences for entire communities Prison Policy Initiative

Mass incarceration directly impacts millions of people. But... Prison Policy Initiative

Only 8% of confined people are held in private prisons Prison Policy Initiative

Jailing the homeless: New data shed light on unhoused people in local jails Prison Policy Initiative

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Gov. Abbott’s bail proposals would make communities less safe, drain taxpayer dollars, and worsen racial disparities Prison Policy Initiative

A New Billion Dollar Jail Will Leave Hawai’i Worse Off Prison Policy Initiative

New data on pregnancy prevalence, outcomes, and programs in prisons are welcome additions, but raise new questions Prison Policy Initiative

Why jails and prisons can’t recruit their way out of the understaffing crisis Prison Policy Initiative

Winnable criminal justice reforms in 2025 Prison Policy Initiative

New report reveals successes and limitations of medications for opioid use disorder in New York state prisons Prison Policy Initiative

Policy map: Where parole and probation travel restrictions... Prison Policy Initiative

New Prison Policy Initiative report, Bad Behavior, provides first 50-state analysis of prison disciplinary systems in the era of mass incarceration Prison Policy Initiative

Cut-rate care: The systemic problems shaping 'healthcare' behind bars Prison Policy Initiative

New guide and webinar: Challenging myths about recidivism Prison Policy Initiative

Welcome, Jacob Kang-Brown! Prison Policy Initiative

Despite fewer people experiencing police contact, racial disparities in arrests, police misconduct, and police use of force continue Prison Policy Initiative

Hiding in Plain Sight: How local jails obscure and facilitate mass deportation under Trump Prison Policy Initiative

Prison Policy Initiative testifies in support of creating a right to visitation for people in Colorado’s prisons Prison Policy Initiative

Who is jailed, how often, and why: Our Jail Data Initiative collaboration offers a fresh look at the misuse of local jails Prison Policy Initiative

Participation in medication-assisted treatment more than... Prison Policy Initiative

President Trump said, “home-growns are next.” Here’s our response. Prison Policy Initiative

34 criminal legal system reforms that can win in 2025 Prison Policy Initiative

Prop 36 will grow California's prison population by more... Prison Policy Initiative

Crimmigration resource roundup: Where to find data and resources on the criminalization of immigrants Prison Policy Initiative

States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024 Prison Policy Initiative

Advocacy Spotlight: The Humanization Project Prison Policy Initiative

Updated data and charts: Incarceration stats by race, ethnicity, and gender for all 50 states and D.C. Prison Policy Initiative

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 Prison Policy Initiative

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020 Prison Policy Initiative

Punishment Beyond Prisons: Incarceration and Supervision by State Prison Policy Initiative

Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024 Prison Policy Initiative

Updated charts show the magnitude of prison and jail racial disparities, pretrial populations, correctional control, and more Prison Policy Initiative

New data on formerly incarcerated people’s employment reveal labor market injustices Prison Policy Initiative

States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2021 Prison Policy Initiative

New report Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023 shows that as the pandemic subsides, criminal legal system returning to “business as usual” Prison Policy Initiative

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019 Prison Policy Initiative

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2018 Prison Policy Initiative

“What percent of the U.S. is incarcerated?” (And other ways to measure mass incarceration) Prison Policy Initiative

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2017 Prison Policy Initiative

Research Roundup: Incarceration can cause lasting damage to mental health Prison Policy Initiative

Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019 Prison Policy Initiative

Native incarceration in the U.S. Prison Policy Initiative

12 of our most important reports, briefings, and tools in 2023 Prison Policy Initiative

Both sides of the bars: How mass incarceration punishes families Prison Policy Initiative

Following the Money of Mass Incarceration Prison Policy Initiative

New data: State prisons are increasingly deadly places Prison Policy Initiative

The aging prison population: Causes, costs, and consequences Prison Policy Initiative

Beyond the Count: A deep dive into state prison populations Prison Policy Initiative

Chronic Punishment: The unmet health needs of people in state prisons Prison Policy Initiative

Getting Back on Course: Educational exclusion and attainment among formerly incarcerated people Prison Policy Initiative

Research roundup: The positive impacts of family contact for incarcerated people and their families Prison Policy Initiative

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Updated charts provide insights on racial disparities, correctional control, jail suicides, and more Prison Policy Initiative

Visualizing the racial disparities in mass incarceration Prison Policy Initiative

States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2018 Prison Policy Initiative

New report, Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024, shows the size and scope of women’s incarceration in America Prison Policy Initiative

States of Women’s Incarceration: The Global Context 2018 Prison Policy Initiative

10 ways that mass incarceration is an engine of economic injustice Prison Policy Initiative

Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2016 Prison Policy Initiative

Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2018 Prison Policy Initiative

Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people Prison Policy Initiative

The research is clear: Solitary confinement causes long-lasting harm Prison Policy Initiative

Prisons of Poverty: Uncovering the pre-incarceration incomes of the imprisoned Prison Policy Initiative

The state prison experience: Too much drudgery, not enough opportunity Prison Policy Initiative

Five ways the criminal justice system could slow the pandemic Prison Policy Initiative

Correctional Control 2018: Incarceration and supervision by state Prison Policy Initiative

Seeking shelter from mass incarceration: Fighting criminalization with Housing First Prison Policy Initiative

Slamming the Courthouse Door: 25 years of evidence for repealing the Prison Litigation Reform Act Prison Policy Initiative

COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails Prison Policy Initiative

New report, Women’s Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023, reveals how many women are locked up in the U.S., where, and why Prison Policy Initiative

The Gender Divide: Tracking Women's State Prison Growth Prison Policy Initiative

Research roundup: Evidence that a single day in jail causes immediate and long-lasting harms Prison Policy Initiative

Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated people Prison Policy Initiative

States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2016 Prison Policy Initiative

Visualizing the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people in the criminal justice system Prison Policy Initiative

New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release Prison Policy Initiative

50 state incarceration profiles Prison Policy Initiative