The Prison Policy Initiative's new report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2026, found that the rise in the number of people behind bars in the United States was largely driven by immigration ...

Fortunately, policy makers have at their disposal a clear means of preventing epidemic outbreaks at jails, prisons, and ICE facilities. Several studies have shown that decarceration is extremely ...

This month, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Republican Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) advanced major legislation that would allow courts ...

The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project, FIPPP, works with people who’ve survived jails and prison to share their experiences live on stage-with first hand accounts of mass ...

Many have written off the 118th Congress as hopelessly divided, with no prospect of legislation getting to the president’s desk. But criminal justice reform has a long record of bipartisan cooperation ...

Many prisoners, 70% to 80%, would never enter the justice system except for their untreated behavioral health conditions. Within two years of losing access to health care, those with a history of ...

Most people don’t end up in prison because they’re dangerous. They end up there because they’re unhealed, unsupported, and trying to survive.

Chazidy Robinson's journey into criminal justice reform began in 2018, fueled by her personal experiences as the former spouse of an incarcerated man. Robinson is now a researcher and advocate. She's ...

A mural about Japanese-American incarceration during WWII will become a permanent art piece at Bellevue College.

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho has the highest rate of female incarceration in the United States, according to a new report from the Idaho Justice Project. The report, “Women’s Incarceration in Idaho: The ...

Justice requires accountability and honor the dignity of victims. Accountability should not be cruel.

With the state’s juvenile justice facilities shutting down this Friday, the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, a non-profit seeking to reduce incarceration, released a report today highlighting ...