This joint online project of Rutgers School of Law–Newark and Rutgers School of Criminal Justice recently published its November 2013 issue featuring&...
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by Kelsey SteinAs Alabama's prisons burst at the seams housing twice their capacity of inmates, many involved in the criminal justice system a...
This report by The Pew Charitable Trusts examines state spending on inmate health care and the factors driving costs higher. Nationwide, spending on h...
The costs and benefits of criminal justice policies affect everyone. Understanding what goes into the costs of operating jails, prisons, probation and...
Nine million individuals are released from local jails each year, many struggling with mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse. Jail reentry...
A growing number of people are released each year from state prison and local jails; this phenomenon, prisoner reentry, has a significant impact on ho...
This new interactive report from the Vera Institute of Justice identifies the major trends and developments in justice systems that occurred across th...
Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...