By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK An American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington, March 22, 2019. The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons across the U.S. this week as it implements part...
“This is kind of like AA: To move forward, first you have to admit there’s a problem.” JOAN WONG FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By KERI BLAKINGER Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up to receive “Life Inside” emailed...
After a decade of efforts that sharply reduced inmate populations, California is closing prisons. One town high in the Sierra Nevada whose economy is built on incarceration is waging a legal battle to keep a prison open. Susanville, Calif., is poised to lose a...
Census data show incarceration rates are down. It may have more to do with the pandemic than broad reforms. Nearly two million adults were incarcerated across the country, according to the 2020 Decennial Census. Each circle represents the incarcerated population in a...
Reducing incarceration is one of the few public policy initiatives where Louisiana’s Republicans and Democrats agree, and have worked in concert for a decade now. Louisiana often leads the nation in incarceration, slipping occasionally to second place. But we...
