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 ...

For decades, jurisdictions in the United States have relied on law enforcement and, in many states, mandatory arrest policies to address domestic violence (DV). The arrest-centered approach gained traction in the 1990s in response to community demands that the police take violence against women seriously and act decisively. This shift was intended ...