Strip searches and garnished wages over a few grand in court debt? Here’s how Anna Wolfe and Michelle Liu got the scoop on Mississippi’s “restitution program.”
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A new study looks at who gets the most visitors in prison. Younger inmates receive more than older ones. White and Latino prisoners get nearly twice as many visitors as black prisoners.
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Do private prisons save money? At what cost to inmates and society? We review the research on a host of related policy questions.
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Millions of Americans have been imprisoned under the War on Drugs. Convicts who receive public assistance after release may be less likely to offend again.
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A collection of government reports and academic papers that help paint a picture of the men, women and children in custody nationwide. We included a few research articles that look specifically at transgender inmates.
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A new study suggests high school graduates are less likely to be sent to prison and receive slightly shorter prison sentences than criminal offenders who did not finish high school.
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2014 study in the American Journal of Public Health showing a “strong association” between solitary confinement and acts of self-harm.
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2014 report from the U.S. National Research Council presenting key data, findings and recommendations about the country’s prison and criminal justice systems.
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2015 research brief on the experiences of boys and girls who have had incarcerated parents compared to those who had not, by Allison Dwyer Emory of Cornell University.
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2014 review of research on capital punishment, including studies that attempt to quantify rates of innocence and the potential deterrence effect on crime.
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