Police Encounters Down but Report Shows Racial Disparities ‘Pervasive’
NORTHAMPTON, MASS – Despite fewer numbers of police encounters in 2022, Prison Policy Initiative said nearly 50…
REPORT: Disparities and Misuse of Local Jails
BOSTON, MA –Millions of people are booked into local jails annually, but detailed national data has historically…
REPORT: Probation Guidelines ‘Doom Many to Inevitable Further Punishments’
EASTHAMPSON, MASS – A recent report released by the Prison Policy Initiative exposed probation’s “burdensome rules that…
New Research Links Medical Copays to Reduced Healthcare Access in Prisons
By Kapish Kalita EASTHAMPTON, MASS – Healthcare for the incarcerated is limited because of copays and other…
Rhode Island Supreme Court Upholds Right to Parole after 20 Years
By Yana Singhal PROVIDENCE, RI – The Sentencing Project joined with the Juvenile Law Center, the Gault…
California Legislature OKs ‘End Slavery’ Act Thursday, Voters Will Vote on It in November
By Audrey Sawyer SACRAMENTO, CA — The End Slavery in California Act (ACA 8) will go to…
REPORT: The United States, Individual States, Global Leaders in Incarceration
By Aria Jalan NORTHAMPTON, MA – Across all the democratic nations worldwide, the US has the highest…
REPORT: Two Years After End of Roe v. Wade, Most Women on Probation and Parole Must Ask Permission to Travel for Abortion Care
By Ella Rindt EASTHAMPTON, MASS – In a briefing published Tuesday by Prison Policy Initiative, it was…
Study Shows New Magnitude of National Prison and Jail Racial Disparities
By Bryan Miller NORTHAMPTON, MASS – The Prison Policy Initiative this week released what it calls “updated…
Tenth-Anniversary Edition of Whole Pie Report Provides Big Picture of Mass Incarceration – and Busts 10 Most Persistent Myths about Prisons, Jails, Crime
By Yana Singhal EASTHAMPTON, MASS – After a decade, the Prison Policy Initiative updated its report regarding…
Prison Policy Initiative Reports: The Three Cs of Jail Construction Arguments – Capacity, Contemporary, and Compassion
By Julie McCaffrey EASTHAMPTON, MA – The three arguments most commonly used to justify building or renovating…
Briefing: ‘Business as Usual’ for Courts – Prison, Jail Populations Increase under ‘Tough on Crime’ Strategies
By The Vanguard Staff NORTHHAMPTON, MA – Data released late in 2023 from the Bureau of Justice…
REPORT: Expanding Electronic Monitoring Not True Alternative to Pretrial Detention
By The Vanguard Staff SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois became the first state in the U.S. to “to…
Report: Parole Grant Rates Plummeted in Most States Since Pandemic Started
By Rena Abdusalam EAST HAMPTON, MA – The Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit organization oriented on criminal…
Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration
By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC – The Prison Policy Initiative examined over 50 studies and reports that…
Studies Show Punitive Measures for Failing to Appear for Court Have Failed to Work
By Holly Werris EASTHAMPTON, MASS – When a person accused of a crime fails to appear in…
Heat, Floods, Pests, Disease, and Death: What Climate Change Means for People in Prison
By Isabella Walker and Audrey Sawyer NORTHHAMPTON, MASS – Extreme weather like heatwaves in states across the…
Study Conducted by Prison Policy Initiative Finds ‘Releasing People Pretrial Doesn’t Harm Public Safety’
By Caleigh Carlisle NORTHAMPTON, MA ‒ A study conducted by the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-profit organization…
Essie Justice Group, Alameda Public Defender, Assemblymember Call for Attention to Mass Incarceration of Black Women at Oakland ‘National Bail Out’ Rally
By Caleigh Carlisle OAKLAND, CA ‒ The Essie Justice Group, Alameda County Chief Public Defender Brendon Woods,…
Statistics of Incarcerated Individuals with Substance Use Problems Show Only 10% Received Clinical Help
By Emily Saroyan WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. “War on Drugs” has left a massive gap in…
