We've The Prison Policy Initiative has added 26 new reports to the Research Library:

• Eligible, but excluded: A guide to removing the barriers to jail voting by Prison Policy Initiative & Rainbow PUSH Coalition, October, 2020
  "Most people in jail are legally eligible to vote, but they are prevented from doing so by numerous barriers." Categories: Felon Disenfranchisement
• Credit Overdue: How States Can Mitigate Academic Credit Transfer Problems for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System by Southern Poverty Law Center, October, 2020
  "The findings confirmed that youth frequently don't receive credit for the work they complete while in juvenile justice facilities." Categories: Education Youth
• Woke Retailers -- This You? Corporations That Embraced Criminal Justice Reform Rhetoric Have Been Fueling Mass Incarceration by Public Citizen, October, 2020
  "In recent years, the retail industry has advocated against criminal justice reforms that reduce shoplifting sentences and/or supported harsher antishoplifting laws in 18 states. Most of the time - in 11 states - the retail industry prevailed." Categories: Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Locked Out 2020: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights Due to a Felony Conviction by Sentencing Project, October, 2020
  "As of 2020, an estimated 5.17 million people are disenfranchised due to a felony conviction." Categories: Felon Disenfranchisement
• Jails in Indian Country, 2017-2018 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2020
  "A total of 84 jails in Indian country held an estimated 2,870 inmates at midyear 2018, a 2% increase from the 2,820 inmates held in 84 facilities at midyear 2017" Categories: Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Race and ethnicity
• The Treatment-Industrial Complex: Alternative Corrections, Private Prison Companies, and Criminal Justice Debt by Laura I Appleman, October, 2020
  "This Article explores and analyzes the little-researched area of criminal justice debt arising from alternative corrections: how private corrections companies profit from supervising those individuals released, paroled, sent to rehabilitation or diversion" Categories: Privatization
• Sanctuary policies reduce deportations without increasing crime Paywall :( by David K. Hausman, October, 2020
  "hese findings suggest that sanctuary policies, although effective at reducing deportations, do not threaten public safety." Categories: Crime and Crime Rates
• Tracking Enforcement Trends in New York City: 2003-2018 by Data Collaborative for Justice, September, 2020
  "There were 5.8 enforcement actions among Black people for every one enforcement action among White people in 2018." Categories: Police and Policing Race and ethnicity
• Capital Punishment, 2018 - Statistical Tables by Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2020
  "At year-end 2018, a total of 30 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) held 2,628 prisoners under sentence of death." Categories: Death Penalty
• Solitary Confinement in the Pelican State by Texas Public Policy Foundation & Right on Crime, September, 2020
  "Louisiana ranks #1 in percentage of inmates in segregation in the United States." Categories: Conditions of Confinement
• Trauma, Healing, and Justice: Native Hawaiian Women in Hawaii's Criminal Justice SystemPaywall :( by Toni Bissen, September, 2020
  "Native Hawaiian women comprise 21% of the female population in Hawaii but account for 40% of the jail and prison population." Categories: Race and ethnicity
• Research Memo: Police Unions and the Obstacles They Pose by Community Resource Hub for Safety and Accountability, September, 2020
  "Police unions and the LEOBR/POBR pose major obstacles to police reform, specifically in regard to accountability, transparency, and community safety." Categories: Police and Policing
• Ohio Could Save Big by Implementing Bail Reform: A Fiscal Impact Analysis by ACLU of Ohio, September, 2020
  Over 3,000 people charged with a misdemeanor are awaiting trial in Ohio jails at an annual cost of $74 to $96 million. And nearly 9,600 people charged with a felony are awaiting trial in Ohio jails at an annual cost of $235 to $306 million. Categories: Pretrial Detention
• Toward Shared Safety: The First-Ever National Survey of America's Safety Gaps by Alliance for Safety and Justice, September, 2020
  "Broad consensus exists at the neighborhood level and across different demographics: public safety policies and investments should prioritize violence prevention, recovery, mental health, reentry and the most effective strategies to stop the cycle of crime" Categories: Public Opinion
• Understanding Police Enforcement by Vera Institute of Justice, September, 2020
  "Most calls do not relate to serious or violent crime; instead, the most frequent calls involve nuisance complaints and low-level crimes." Categories: Police and Policing
• Youth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration by Sentencing Project, September, 2020
  "Despite almost two decades of declines in U.S. youth incarceration, The Sentencing Project reveals more than 1,800 incarcerated youth have tested positive for COVID-19 since March, including more than 300 cases in Florida and Texas." Categories: Youth Health impact
• Specialized Parole and Resentencing Laws Focused on Emerging Adults: New and proposed reforms in CA, IL, CO, D.C., and FL by Emerging Adult Justice Project, September, 2020
  "Essentially, emerging adults are viewed as less culpable and more malleable by virtue of their age, and the statutes and proposals examined in this factsheet codify that conception." Categories: Youth
• Criminal Justice System Involvement and Food Insufficiency: Findings from the 2018 New York City Community Health SurveyPaywall :( by Alexander Testa and Dylan B.Jackson, September, 2020
  "Personal and family history of CRJ involvement is associated with a higher likelihood of experiencing moderate-to-severe food insufficiency." Categories: Poverty and wealth
• NYPD Officer Misconduct Analysis by New York University's Public Safety Lab, September, 2020
  "We find that precincts with higher percentages of Black residents had higher levels of excess misconduct complaints, both all and substantiated, between 2006-2019." Categories: Police and Policing Race and ethnicity
• Pardons and Public Safety: Examining A Decade of Recidivism Data in Pennsylvania by Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, August, 2020
  "Of the 3,037 people who applied for a pardon, only 2 (0.066%) were later convicted of a crime of violence." Categories: Recidivism and Reentry
• Associations Between Parole, Probation, Arrest, and Self-reported Suicide Attempts by William C. Bryson, Jennifer Piel & Stephen Thielke, August, 2020
  "Adults with recent arrest had higher risk of suicide attempts than those with parole, probation, or matched controls with no CJ involvement." Categories: Mental Health
• Voting in California Jails: A community toolkit by ACLU of Northern California, August, 2020
  "There are roughly 82,000 people in California's jails and practically all of those individuals who are adult citizens have the right to vote." Categories: Felon Disenfranchisement
• America's Hidden Common Ground on Police Reform and Racism in the United States: Results from a Public Agenda/USA Today/Ipsos Hidden Common Ground survey by Ipsos and Public Agenda, June, 2020
  "Most Americans (58%) say racial bias against Black or African Americans committed by police and law enforcement is a serious problem in their community, including 75% of Democrats and 51% of Independents as well as 40% of Republicans." Categories: Public Opinion Police and Policing Race and ethnicity
• Improving Health Equity for Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System by Golembeski et al., May, 2020
  "We delineate reproductive health and motherhood, aging in prison, and reentry as critical areas exemplifying women's complex health-related needs, which may be best addressed via gender-responsive and trauma-informed care." Categories: Women Health impact
• Challenging Jail-Based Disenfranchisement: A Resource Guide for Advocates by Campaign Legal Center, December, 2019
  "Jail-based disenfranchisement is not the result of one bad law; instead, it is caused by a complicated, convoluted net of practical barriers that deprive eligible, incarcerated voters of their constitutional right to vote." Categories: Felon Disenfranchisement
• Voting with a Criminal Record How Registration Forms Frustrate Democracy by ACLU, October, 2008
  "This analysis finds that 33 states plus the District of Columbia currently use registration forms that do not sufficiently convey information about the voter eligibility of the 47 million Americans with criminal records." Categories: Felon Disenfranchisement