Added Incarcerated on Census Day: How even brief jail and prison stays can last a decade to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. Length-of-stay data from prisons and jails offers yet another reason why counting incarcerated people as correctional facility “residents”...
Added New Boston Globe oped explains how and why states must end prison gerrymandering — now to the Prisoners of the Census Blog. New Boston Globe oped explains how and why states must end prison gerrymandering — now Advocates will find Abdallah Fayyad’s new Boston...
Added Taking the fight against jail and prison expansion on the offensive to the Prison Policy Blog. How a 5-year moratorium on prison and jail construction in Massachusetts could flip the script in the fight against jail and prison expansion. Originally published in...
We’re lucky when criminal justice data is broken down by race and ethnicity enough to see how Native populations are criminalized and incarcerated. Here’s a roundup of what we know from Prison Policy Initiative: The U.S. criminal justice system disproportionately...
Census data show incarceration rates are down. It may have more to do with the pandemic than broad reforms. Originally published in The Marshall Project on 9-02-2021 There Are Fewer People Behind Bars Now Than 10 Years Ago. Will It Last? Census data show incarceration...
Lockups use unreliable tests to claim that lawyers are sending drugs to their clients behind bars. Originally published in The Marshall Project on October 14th, 2021 They Put Me in Solitary for Drugs I Didn’t Have Lockups use unreliable tests to claim that lawyers are...
