We've The Prison Policy Initiative has added 19 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2018 by Prison Policy Initiative, June, 2018
  This report shows that compared to the rest of the world, every U.S. state relies too heavily on prisons and jails to respond to crime. Categories: International Incarceration Comparisons Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• States of Women's Incarceration: The Global Context 2018 by Prison Policy Initiative, June, 2018
  "This report updates how U.S. women fare in the world's carceral landscape, comparing incarceration rates for women of each U.S. state with the equivalent rates for countries around the world." Categories: International Incarceration Comparisons Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Women
• An Unjust Burden: The Disparate Treatment of Black Americans in the Criminal Justice System by Vera Institute of Justice, May, 2018
  This brief presents an overview of the ways in which America's history of racism & oppression continues to manifest in the criminal justice system, & a summary of research demonstrating how the system perpetuates the disparate treatment of black people. Categories: Race and ethnicity
• Incarcerated Women and Girls, 1980-2016 by The Sentencing Project, May, 2018
  The number of women in prison today is nearly eight times higher than in 1980. Categories: Women Women
• Global Prison Trends 2018 by Penal Reform International, May, 2018
  This report analyzes trends in criminal justice and the use of imprisonment, showing that while overall crime rates around the world have declined, the number of people in prison on any given day is rising. Categories: International Incarceration Comparisons Conditions of Confinement Crime and Crime Rates Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Workers With Criminal Records by Society for Human Resource Management and the Charles Koch Institute, May, 2018
  74 percent of managers and 84 percent of HR professionals nationwide said they were willing or open to hiring individuals with a criminal record. Categories: Recidivism and Reentry Economics of Incarceration
• Because She's Powerful: The Political Isolation and Resistance of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones. by ESSIE Justice Group, May, 2018
  Mass incarceration is a direct cause of significant to extreme psychological distress and trauma, and a serious obstacle to the financial health and economic agency of women with incarcerated loved ones. Categories: Women Families
• From Bondage to Bail Bonds: Putting a Price on Freedom in New Orleans by The Data Center, May, 2018
  This report examines the extent to which money bail in New Orleans is a descendant of slavery and subsequent practices of racial exploitation. Categories: Jails Race and ethnicity
• Life imprisonment: A Policy Briefing by Penal Reform International and University of Nottingham, May, 2018
  The number of people serving formal life sentences has risen by nearly 84 percent in 14 years. Categories: International Incarceration Comparisons Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Orleans Criminal District Court, Magistrate Court, & Municipal Court: 2017 Review by Court Watch NOLA, May, 2018
  "This report explores the topics of constitutional rights and the experience of both victims and the public at large in the Orleans Parish criminal courts and the larger criminal justice system during 2017." Categories: Trials Sentencing Policy and Practices
• People in Prison in 2017 by VERA Institute of Justice, May, 2018
  "The total U.S. prison population dropped below 1.5 million for the first time since 2004. Despite the overall declines, 20 states increased their prison population, leaving 10 states with all-time-high numbers of people in prison." Categories: Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Rethinking Restrictive Housing Lessons from Five U.S. Jail and Prison Systems by VERA Institute of Justice, May, 2018
  This report examines the use of restrictive housing in five states, documenting important trends in practice, policy, and outcomes. Categories: Conditions of Confinement
• You Get What You Measure: New Performance Indicators Needed to Gauge Progress of Criminal Justice Reform by Harvard Kennedy School, May, 2018
  This report argues that we need new performance measures that shed light on correctional population composition and recidivism by risk in order to gauge the effectiveness of reform efforts. Categories: Recidivism and Reentry General
• Revisiting Correctional Expenditure Trends in Massachusetts by MASSInc, May, 2018
  "Despite steady decline in the total number of individuals held in correctional facilities, spending on prisons and jails continues to rise." Categories: Economics of Incarceration
• Open Roads and Overflowing Jails: Addressing High Rates of Rural Pretrial Incarceration by Right On Crime, May, 2018
  This report examines the contributors to rural pretrial incarceration and makes evidence-based recommendations to improve public safety while reducing the number of defendants held pretrial. Categories: Pretrial Detention Jails
• The Company Store: A Deeper Look at Prison Commissaries by Prison Policy Initiative, May, 2018
  Incarcerated people spend an average of $947 per person annually through commissaries �" mostly to meet basic needs �" which is well over the typical amount they can earn at a prison job. Categories: Conditions of Confinement Economics of Incarceration
• Using Behavioral Science to Improve Criminal Justice Outcomes: Preventing Failures to Appear in Court by ideas42 and the University of Chicago Crime Lab, January, 2018
  This report illustrates how a behavioral science approach to criminal justice can result in a more fair and efficient system. Categories: General
• Driving on Empty: Payment Plan Reforms Don't Fix Virginia's Court Debt Crisis by Legal Aid Justice Center, January, 2018
  After Virginia implemented significant changes to rules governing payment plans for court debt, roughly one in six licensed drivers in Virginia still has their driver's license suspended, due at least in part to unpaid court debt. Categories: Economics of Incarceration
• The Mercy Lottery: A Review of the Obama Administration's Clemency Initiative by NYU Law School, January, 2018
  This report analyzes President Obama's clemency initiative and tells the stories of individual petitioners who were either denied clemency or whose petitions were never granted, despite being ideal candidates by the Initiative's own terms. Categories: Sentencing Policy and Practices General