Our annual report

Prison Policy Initiative updates for October 17, 2019 Showing how mass incarceration harms communities and our national welfare

A year of important victories at the Prison Policy Initiative [[link removed]] We've had an incredibly productive year. In our new annual report, we share the highlights. [[link removed]]

by Peter Wagner

We just released our 2018-2019 Annual Report [[link removed]], and I'm thrilled to share some highlights of our work with you. We've had an incredibly productive year, releasing 10 major national reports and 27 research briefings, as well as doubling down on our strategic communications work and making our website an even better tool for researchers and advocates.

There are a few successes I'm particularly proud of:

Calculating the first national estimates of homelessness [[link removed]] among people who have been to prison, revealing that formerly incarcerated people are 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public. Releasing a landmark report [[link removed]] on the prison and jail phone industry, which sparked a wave of news coverage, spurred multiple counties to action, and helped push the issue of prison phone justice onto the platforms of multiple presidential candidates. Launching a campaign to help counties uncover the root causes of jail overcrowding rather than building new jail space, using our new report Does our county really need a bigger jail? [[link removed]] Helping Washington [[link removed]] and Nevada [[link removed]] become the fifth and sixth states to end prison gerrymandering. (And momentum is building: nine other states considered bills to end prison gerrymandering this year.) Publishing a groundbreaking 50-state report [[link removed]] comparing parole release systems — a first-of-its-kind guide to understanding parole and how it works in every state.

But these highlights barely scratch the surface of what we've accomplished this year. See our highly-skimmable annual report [[link removed]] for a review our work on all of our issues over the last year. I'm honored that you were a part of these successes, and I'm looking forward to working with you in the year to come.

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Our work is made possible by private donations. Can you help us keep going? We can accept tax-deductible gifts online [[link removed]] or via paper checks sent to PO Box 127 Northampton MA 01061. Thank you!

Other news: Have we been useful to your work? Tell us about it! [[link removed]]

In our annual reports, we're always thrilled to include examples of how advocates, academics, journalists, and others have used our work. If you've recently used one of our charts or reports to illustrate the impact of mass incarceration, drop us a line through our contact page [[link removed]] or tweet at us! [[link removed]]

Meet us at the 2019 ASC Conference

Our Research Director, Wendy Sawyer, will be in San Francisco this November 13-16 at the American Society of Criminology Conference. If you live in San Francisco or are visiting for the conference, and would like to discuss new research or possible collaborations with the Prison Policy Initiative, please be in touch.

Please support our work [[link removed]]

Our work is made possible by private donations. Can you help us keep going? We can accept tax-deductible gifts online [[link removed]] or via paper checks sent to PO Box 127 Northampton MA 01061. Thank you!

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