New research and data for criminal justice reform

Criminal Justice Research Library for June 16, 2021 Bringing you the latest in empirical research about mass incarceration

We've added 40 new reports to the Research Library:


Community Impact

Conditions of Confinement

Economics of Incarceration

General

Health impact

International Incarceration Comparisons

Jails

  • Jails, Sheriffs, and Carceral Policymaking by Aaron Littman, May, 2021
    "Sheriffs have a unique combination of controls over how big and how full their jails are, but this role consolidation does not produce the restraint that some have predicted. Their disclaimers of responsibility are a smokescreen..."
  • The cumulative risk of jail incarceration by Bruce Western, Jaclyn Davis, Flavien Ganter, and Natalie Smith, April, 2021
    "The contours of jail incarceration observed in New York City follow the pattern of mass criminalization where large numbers of Black and Latino men are subject to penal control, in most cases for low-level offenses."
  • Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2018 - Statistical Tables by Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 2021
    "In 2018, a total of 1,120 inmates died in local jails, an increase of nearly 2% from the 1,099 deaths reported in 2017."

LGBT

Mental Health

Police and Policing

Pretrial Detention

Race and ethnicity

Recidivism and Reentry

Trials

Women

Youth

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What families can expect to be charged under the new FCC rules

On May 24, the Federal Communications Commission released a historic order tightening existing restrictions on rates and fees in the prison and jail telephone industry.

In this short blog post, we explain how this rule will impact phone rates when it goes into effect.

 

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