Any comprehensive program to change American prison policy must focus to a significant degree on prison-release discretion, where it exists, and its r...
This report from the Urban Institute examines criminal background checks as a significant collateral consequence for people in the justice system and ...
This bulletin from the Bureau of Justice Statistics provides estimates for the rates and levels of victimization in the United States in 2013, as well...
In January 2021, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing with funding from the Opioid Response Network (ORN) hosted a technical expert panel (TEP)...
Many localities have in recent years regulated the use of questions about criminal history in hiring, or “banned the box.” This publication, from AEI,...
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...
Each year, the increasing number of people who have opioid addictions impacts communities across the United States. In 2016, substance overdoses (fuel...
This report from The Pew Charitable Trusts examines data on prison populations and crime in Utah since changes to policies and practices took place in...
Californians with convictions face over 4,800 laws that impose harmful collateral consequences long after successful completion of a sentence, most of...
During 2016, at least 17 states adopted reforms that are targeted at reducing prison populations and addressing collateral consequences for people wit...