January 20, 2022
Special ReportBail reform, roll backs to that legislation, and the COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented changes in jail incarceration across New York State. Use this tool to understand these shifts at the state and county levels.
February 18, 2021
Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) researchers collected data on the number of people in local jails and state and federal prisons throughout 2020 and into spring 2021. Vera researchers estimated the incarcerated population using a sample of approximately 1,600 jail jurisdictions, 50 states, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshals Service (U ...
The United States criminal legal system punishes people for being poor, and it happens in more ways than you might think. Here are four ways the United States criminalizes people experiencing poverty. Local governments criminalize homelessness by making it illegal for people to sit, sleep, or rest in public spaces. Almost every state has at least ...
