As Women’s History Month comes to a conclusion across the United States, a sobering statistic casts a long shadow over the ...

Some legal experts believe that many myths surrounding mass incarceration have been intentionally created by those who oppose not only incarceration, but punishment in general.

On World Health Day, the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) is drawing attention to a startling but often overlooked truth: mass ...

The United States spends approximately $80 billion ... “The criticisms over ‘mass incarceration,’” he writes, “essentially boil down to claims that we have too many people in prison ...

America has a well-known mass incarceration problem. While the United States makes up less than 5% of the global population, our prison system holds approximately 20% of the world's total prison ...

Roettger, M.E. and Boardman, J.D. (2012). Parental Incarceration and Gender-based Risks for Increased Body Mass Index: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in the United ...

OXFORD, Ohio -- Criminal justice reform is an issue that is raging in the United States. The nation faces very alarming rates of mass incarceration and heavy racial disparities. According to the ...

An expanding body of research highlights the rising importance of class in arrests and incarceration in the United States. This research shouldn’t be read to suggest that ethnoracial ...

At least 15 states ... movements for mass liberation requires forging coalitions between immigrant justice and racial justice ...

“I think my paper shows a novel way that mass incarceration has perpetuated inequality in the United States,” he said. A 30-page study, “Shattered Dreams” received the Gene Carte Student Paper Award ...

creating pieces that explore mass incarceration, police brutality and the continuing legacy of slavery in the United States. His career path was highly influenced by… ...