Solutions & Research
Solutions that drive justice reform
Solutions &
Research
INCARCERATION AND INEQUALITY PROJECT
The data explorer maps the complex geography of incarceration and economic conditions across the United States.
Apr 02, 2026
VIDEO
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
The Vera Institute of Justice teamed up with Chicago Ideas to reenvision the American prison system, and imagine a…
VIDEO
Designed to Dehumanize
The Vera Institute of Justice teamed up with Chicago Ideas to reenvision the American prison system, and imagine a…
VIDEO
A New Normal
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of drug overdose deaths that cuts across economic, racial, and geographic…
VIDEO
#sayhername
Prof. Hedy Lee discusses how mass incarceration affects the health and wellbeing of the predominantly poor and minority…
PUBLICATION
Accounting for Violence
How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration
