A report by the Vera Institute of Justice and Black & Pink highlights the many ways in which state prisons mistreat transgender people—nearly 90 percent of respondents said they’d been placed in solitary at some point.
After the state rolled back a progressive bail law, data from the Vera Institute of Justice suggests judges are ordering more people be held in jails, amid continued worry over COVID-19.
Despite calls to reduce incarcerated populations, the number of people being detained for minor parole violations has been rising.
Kalief Browder’s death in 2015 and Layleen Polanco’s in 2019 are reminders that jail is the real threat to public safety.
Nearly half of all arrests in the state are drug or alcohol related, compared to just 29 percent nationally.
Prosecutors are supremely powerful and have played an outsize role in mass incarceration. What can be done?
The bail bonds industry was caught overcharging 50,000 families $6 million over 14 years, according to SPLC.
New York City has reduced its jail population, but those who remain are staying longer.