We've added 24 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• Jails in Indian Country, 2016 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2017
  "An estimated 2,540 inmates were held in 80 Indian country jails at midyear 2016, a 1.2% increase from the 2,510 inmates held in 76 facilities at midyear 2015." See similar reports about:
  Race and ethnicity Jails
• The Price for Freedom: Bail in the City of L.A. by Million Dollar Hoods, December, 2017
  The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), using the Los Angeles County Superior Court's misdemeanor and felony bail schedules, levied over $19 billion in money bail on persons they arrested between 2012 and 2016. See similar reports about:
  Pretrial Detention Jails Police and Policing Poverty and wealth
• Policing the Houseless 2.0 by Million Dollar Hoods, December, 2017
  "This report documents that LAPD arrests of houseless persons continued to climb during the first six months of 2017 and that just five charge categories accounted for the majority of houseless arrests." See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Poverty and wealth
• OPIOIDS: Treating an Illness, Ending a War by The Sentencing Project, December, 2017
  "This report examines the sources of the opioid crisis, surveys health and justice policy responses at the federal and state levels, and draws on lessons from past drug crises to provide guidance on how to proceed." See similar reports about:
  Drug Policy
• "Don't Look Around": A Window into Inhumane Conditions for Youth at NORCOR by Disability Rights Oregon, December, 2017
  "A lack of oversight and accountability has allowed Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCOR) to neglect the basic mental health and social development needs of kids in custody." See similar reports about:
  Youth Conditions of Confinement Mental Health
• Second Chance Reforms in 2017: Roundup of new expungement and restoration laws by Collateral Consequences Resource Center, December, 2017
  "In 2017, 23 states enacted laws aimed at reducing barriers faced by people with criminal records in the workplace and elsewhere." See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry
• Empire State of Incarceration by Vera Institute of Justice, December, 2017
  This report analyzes county-level factors that lead people to jail in New York state, providing a deeper understanding of the drivers of local incarceration. See similar reports about:
  Jails Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Pretrial Detention
• The Death Penalty in 2017: Year End Report by Death Penalty Information Center, December, 2017
  "Executions and death sentences remained near historically low levels in 2017, as public support for the death penalty fell to its lowest level in 45 years." See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy and Practices
• 2017 Police Violence Report by Mapping Police Violence, December, 2017
  "Compiling information from media reports, obituaries, public records, and databases like Fatal Encounters and the WashingtonPost, this report represents the most comprehensive accounting of deadly police violence in 2017." See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Community Impact
• The State of Pretrial Justice in America by Pretrail Justice Institute, November, 2017
  This report uses basic indicators to document and grade current pretrial practice in all fifty states. See similar reports about:
  Jails Sentencing Policy and Practices
• An Overdose Death Is Not Murder: Why Drug-Induced Homicide Laws Are Counterproductive and Inhumane by Drug Policy Alliance, November, 2017
  This report argues that drug-induced homicide laws exacerbate the very problem they seek to remediate by discouraging people who use drugs from seeking help and assistance. See similar reports about:
  Drug Policy Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Florida Criminal Justice Reform: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities by The Project on Accountable Justice, November, 2017
  This report is an effort to help Florida's citizens and policy makers understand the nature of some of the problems found in the criminal justice system, notably resulting in dangerous prisons. It also suggests opportunities for reform. See similar reports about:
  General
• Yakima County, Washington Pretrial Justice System Improvements: Pre- and Post- Implementation Analysis by Pretrial Justice Institute, November, 2017
  This report shows that a jurisdiction can reduce pretrial detention & improve racial equity by replacing high use of secured money bail with non-financial release conditions, guided by actuarial-risk-based decision making, with no harm to public safety. See similar reports about:
  Pretrial Detention Jails
• Disrupting the Cycle: Reimagining the Prosecutor's Role in Reentry by NYU Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, November, 2017
  Prosecutors have traditionally focused on their "front-end" role, but by defining their role as ending at case disposition, prosecutors miss an important opportunity to have a greater impact on public safety. See similar reports about:
  General Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Yakima County, Washington Pretrial Justice System Improvements: Pre- and Post- Implementation Analysis by Smart Pretrial Demonstration Initiative, November, 2017
  "Jurisdiction can reduce pretrial detention & improve racial/ethnic equity by replacing high use of secured money bail with non-financial release conditions guided by actuarial-risk-based decision making, with no harm to public safety or court appearance." See similar reports about:
  Pretrial Detention Jails
• The Intersection of Juvenile Courts and Exclusionary School Discipline by National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, October, 2017
  This report provides real-world strategies to reduce the number of youth who unnecessarily come into contact with law enforcement and the juvenile justice system. See similar reports about:
  Youth
• Reforming Criminal Justice: Bridging the Gap Between Scholarship and Reform by Academy for Justice, October, 2017
  This report covers dozens of topics within the areas of criminalization, policing, pretrial and trial processes, punishment, incarceration, and release. See similar reports about:
  General
• Prison Health Care: Costs and Quality by The Pew Charitable Trust, October, 2017
  This report paint a comprehensive picture of how states fund and deliver prison health care, how they compare with one another, and some reasons for differences. See similar reports about:
  Health impact
• "Not in it for Justice": How California's Pretrial Detention and Bail System Unfairly Punishes Poor People by Human Rights Watch, April, 2017
  "Nearly every offense in California is bail-eligible, yet many defendants cannot afford to pay. In California, the majority of county jail prisoners have not been sentenced, but are serving time because they are unable to pay for pretrial release." See similar reports about:
  Pretrial Detention Jails
• Demographic Differences in Sentencing: An Update to the 2012 Booker Report by United States Sentencing Commission, 2015
  Black male offenders continue to receive longer federal sentences than similarly situated White male offenders. See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy and Practices Race and ethnicity
• Born Suspect: Stop-and-Frisk Abuses & the Continued Fight to End Racial Profiling in America by NAACP, 2015
  "This report is an analysis of the fight to end racial profiling in New York and the potential for nationwide implementation these efforts in every jurisdiction across the country." See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Race and ethnicity
• "Money Bail": Making Ohio a More Dangerous Place to Live by The Buckeye Institute, 2015
  "Ohio should address the demonstrated shortcomings of the cash bail system by expanding the judiciary's access to proven risk-assessment tools that can provide a fairer, more efficient way to keep our communities safe and secure." See similar reports about:
  Pretrial Detention Economics of Incarceration Jails
• Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Sentences by University of Michigan Law School, 2014
  Blacks defendants receive federal sentences that are almost 10 percent longer than those of comparable whites arrested for the same crimes. Most of this disparity can be explained by prosecutors' initial charging decisions. See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Influences of Truth-in-Sentencing Reforms on Changes in States' Sentencing Practices and Prison Populations by William J. Sabol ; Katherine Rosich ; Kamala Mallik Kane ; David Kirk ; Glenn Dubin, July, 2002
  The federal Truth In Sentencing grant program had very limited influence on state decisions to adopt truth in sentencing policies. See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy and Practices