This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
Mass incarceration disproportionately impacts lower-income communities, communities of color, and persons with disabilities, creating a barrier to ach...
In this article in Issues in Science and Technology, Stefan F. LoBuglio and Anne Morrison Piehl explore the challenges that local jurisdictions face i...
Each year, the increasing number of people who have opioid addictions impacts communities across the United States. In 2016, substance overdoses (fuel...
More than 150 cities and counties and 34 states and Washington, DC, have adopted ban-the-box policies, which remove questions about criminal history f...
This three-year pilot project tests innovative strategies to reduce recidivism and increase job readiness for people returning to their communities ...
This policy brief from the Sentencing Project describes key state legislation and reforms from 2018 that were designed to reduce the scale of incarcer...
This new interactive report from the Vera Institute of Justice identifies the major trends and developments in justice systems that occurred across th...