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Prison Policy Initiative highlights eight ways to shorten sentences

May 11, 2025 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Derby students get a first hand look at SQ prison cells

In the half century since the beginning of mass incarceration, population numbers of lifers alone have surpassed the entire prison population count … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Prison Policy Initiative

Prison Policy Initiative says mass incarceration blocks economic justice

February 18, 2025 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

Americans have heard the phrase “the rich get richer” so often that it has turned into a cliché. A Prison Policy Initiative report has outlined … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Prison Policy Initiative

‘Carveouts’ excluded from justice reform

January 22, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

Large categories of incarcerated people are being excluded from criminal justice reforms because of their convictions of specified crimes, the Prison … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Recently Posted Tagged With: Prison Policy Initiative

Changes in incarceration rates less impressive than expected

July 20, 2022 by Charles Crow

Reductions in incarcerated populations during the COVID-19 pandemic have proven to be only temporary, new federal data shows.  Included in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: PPI, Prison Policy Initiative

Prison Gerrymandering

February 28, 2022 by Daniel Chairez

As lawmakers draw lines for congressional, state legislative districts, and local governmental agencies, many people worry that mass incarceration … [Read more...]

Filed Under: POLITICS Tagged With: legal, Prison Policy Initiative, vote, vote even while in prison, voter registration

Some states seeking input on wrong parole decisions

March 6, 2019 by Noel Scott

US States

Some states are still seek- ing input from the wrong people on parole decisions a Prison Policy Initiative report maintains. The report says the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: parole, Parole and Release, Prison Policy Initiative, Restorative Justice

Florida reduces in-person visits with more video

June 11, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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Florida never seems to pass up the opportunity to make a bad situation worse, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Are prison video calls a convenience … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: John Romano, JPay, Lucius Couloute, Michelle Glady, PPI, Prison Policy Initiative, prison video calls, Tampa Bay Times

New Tool to Analyzing Criminal Justice Policy

August 10, 2016 by Wayne Boatwright

Incarceration rates are not the entire story of the criminal justice system. For reformers seeking to rationalize our criminal justice policies, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, community supervision, criminal justice reform, criminal justice research, criminal justice system, Georgia, Nevada, objective valuation, PPI, Prison Policy Initiative, prison reform, San Quentin, scope of correctional control

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