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Bookmark or Share- Mass Incarceration Trends – The Sentencing ProjectMass Incarceration Trends. By Ashley Nellis, Ph.D. January 25, 2023. Report highlights the growth in state and federal prison populations since the early 1970s, and its far reaching effect on families, communities, and society as a whole.
- One in Five: How Mass Incarceration Deepens Inequality and Harms Public ...January 16, 2024. The final installment of the "One in Five" series explores a key driver of disparity in imprisonment: laws and policies that exacerbate inequality and disproportionately overburden communities of color. Related to: Racial Justice, Incarceration, Sentencing Reform, Voting Rights, Youth Justice, Collateral Consequences. Download.
- What is Mass Incarceration - Institute to End Mass IncarcerationMass incarceration is a network of policing, prosecution, incarceration, surveillance, debt, and social control that is rooted in, builds upon, and reproduces economic and racial inequality and oppression. Some refer to this network as the carceral state, the penal state, or the criminal legal system.
- Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024 | Prison Policy InitiativeMarch 14, 2024. Press release. Sections. The big picture. 10 Myths. High costs of low-level offenses. Youth, immigration & involuntary commitment. Beyond the Pie: Community supervision, poverty, age, race, and gender. Necessary reforms. Sources. Can it really be true that most people in jail are legally innocent?
- Mass Incarceration | American Civil Liberties UnionDespite making up close to 5% of the global population, the U.S. has more than 20% of the world’s prison population. Since 1970, our incarcerated population has increased by 500% – 2 million people in jail and prison today, far outpacing population growth and crime.
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