We've added 26 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2015 by Prison Policy Initiative, December, 2015
  (The U.S. locks up more than 2.3 million people in prisons, jails, and other facilities on any given day.) See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Drug Policy Immigration Detainees Jails Pretrial Detention
• In Our Own Backyard: Confronting Growth and Disparities in American Jails by Vera Institute of Justice, December, 2015
  "Rather, mid-sized and small counties—which account for the vast majority of jails—have largely driven growth, with local jail populations increasing since 1970 by 4.1 times in mid-sized counties and 6.9 times in small counties." See similar reports about:
  Jails Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Prison Price Tag: The High Cost of Wisconsin's Corrections Policies by Wisconsin Budget Project, November, 2015
  "Wisconsin state and local governments spend about $1.5 billion on corrections each year, significantly more than the national average given the size of our state." See similar reports about:
  Prison and The Economy Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• From Silo to System: What Makes a Criminal Justice System Operate Like a System? by The Justice Management Institute, April, 2015
  "JMI conducted in-depth interviews with and collected quantitative and qualitative data from eight county-based criminal justice systems that have been cited over the years as being "highly effective."" See similar reports about:
  Jails
• Justice in Katrina's Wake: Changing Course on Incarceration in New Orleans by Vera Institute of Justice, November, 2015
  "This report documents the groundbreaking reforms that the City of New Orleans has engaged in to safely decrease its use of detention, from reducing the physical size of its jail to implementing risk-based pretrial release practices." See similar reports about:
  Jails Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Crime in 2015: A Preliminary Analysis by Brennan Center for Justice, November, 2015
  "Crime overall in 2015 is expected to be largely unchanged from last year, decreasing 1.5 percent." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates
• Ending and Defending Against HIV Criminalization: State and Federal Laws and Prosecutions by The Center for HIV Law and Policy, November, 2010
  "Thirty-two states and two U.S. territories have HIV-specific criminal statutes and thirty-six states have reported proceedings in which HIV-positive people have been arrested and/or prosecuted for consensual sex, biting, and spitting." See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy Civil Rights Crime and Crime Rates
• Zero Tolerance: How States Comply With PREA's Youthful Inmate Standard by Campaign for Youth Justice, December, 2015
  "Despite evidence based research highlighting the harms of placing youth in adult facilities and the long term costs of incarceration to youth and society, 1200 youth are in state prisons on any given day across the country." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Prisoner Welfare
• Investigating Prisoner Reentry: The Impact of Conviction Status on the Employment Prospects of Young Men by National Institute of Justice, October, 2009
  "Across teams, a criminal record reduced the likelihood of a callback or job offer by nearly 50 percent (28% vs 15%)." See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry
• 'Redemption' in an Era of Widespread Criminal Background Checks by National Institute of Justice, June, 2009
  "Thus, our analysis showed that the younger an offender was when he committed robbery, the longer he had to stay clean to reach the same arrest rate as people his same age in the general population." See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry Crime and Crime Rates
• How Judicial Elections Impact Criminal Cases by Brennan Center for Justice, December, 2015
  "The more frequently television ads air during an election, the less likely state supreme court justices are, on average, to rule in favor of criminal defendants." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Public Opinion Trials
• Census of Jails: Population Changes, 1999-2013 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2015
  "From 1999 to 2013, the number of inmates in local jails increased by 21%, from 605,943 to 731,570. During this period, the growth in the jail population was not steady, as the jail confined population peaked in 2008 at 785,533 then declined." See similar reports about:
  Jails Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Probation in California by Public Policy Institute of California, December, 2015
  "Probation is the most widely used form of correctional supervision in California." See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Jails
• Locked Out: Improving Educational and Vocational Outcomes for Incarcerated Youth by Council of State Governments Justice Center, November, 2015
  "At least one in three incarcerated youth is identified as needing or already receiving special education services—a rate nearly four times higher than youth attending school in the community." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Education
• Trends in Unwanted Online Experiences and Sexting: Final Report by Crimes Against Children Research Center, February, 2014
  "Unwanted sexual solicitations continued in decline — from 19% in 2000 to 13% in 2005 and 9% in 2010." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates Juveniles
• Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation's Youth by Crimes Against Children Research Center, June, 2000
  "Approximately one in five received a sexual solicitation or approach over the Internet in the last year." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates Juveniles
• Breaking the Silence: Civil and Human Rights Violations Resulting from Medical Neglect and Abuse of Women of Color in Los Angeles County Jails by Dignity and Power Now, August, 2015
  "This Report by Dignity and Power Now ("DPN") documents how jail and prison officials violated the rights of seven women of color, and highlights the mental health consequences of the medical neglect and abuse these women suffered." See similar reports about:
  Women Jails Prisoner Welfare
• Results from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September, 2014
  "In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older—9.4 percent of the population—had used an illicit drug in the past month." See similar reports about:
  Drug Policy Crime and Crime Rates
• Overwhelming, Broad, and Extensive Support Across Party, Ideology and Demographics for Criminal Justice Reform in New Louisiana Survey Findings by Justice Action Network, November, 2015
  "82.6% of Louisiana likely voters support justice reform, including 26.8% who believe the system needs a complete overhaul and 29% who think it needs major reform." See similar reports about:
  Public Opinion
• Declines in Youth Commitments and Facilities in the 21st Century by Sentencing Project, December, 2015
  "Between 2001 and 2013, the number of juveniles committed to juvenile facilities after an adjudication of delinquency (or, as was the case for 413 juveniles, conviction in criminal court) fell from 76,262 to 35,659." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings by PLoS ONE, July, 2015
  "We find significant evidence that mass killings involving firearms are incented by similar events in the immediate past. On average, this temporary increase in probability lasts 13 days." See similar reports about:
  Gun Control
• Disabilities Among Prison and Jail Inmates, 2011-12 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2015
  "An estimated 32% of prisoners and 40% of jail inmates reported having at least one disability." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare
• Veterans In Prison And Jail, 2011-2012 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, December, 2015
  "The number of veterans incarcerated in state and federal prison and local jail decreased from 203,000 in 2004 to 181,500 in 2011-12." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Removing Barriers to Opportunity for Parents With Criminal Records and Their Children by Center for American Progress, December, 2015
  "Our new analysis estimates that between 33 million and 36.5 million children in the United States—nearly half of U.S. children—now have at least one parent with a criminal record." See similar reports about:
  Families Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Federal Sentencing Disparity: 2005-2012 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2015
  "Federal Sentencing Disparity, 2005-2012, examines patterns of federal sentencing disparity among white and black offenders, by sentence received, and looks at judicial variation in sentencing since Booker vs. United States, regardless of race." See similar reports about:
  Civil Rights Sentencing Policy
• Parental Incarceration, Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption: A Case Study of the Intersection Between the Child Welfare and Criminal Justice Systems by Justice Policy Journal, 2010
  "We found that less than a fifth of all parents, and only two percent with a history of incarceration, attended the dependency court hearings in which their children were detained, reunification requirements imposed, or parental rights terminated." See similar reports about:
  Families Prisoner Welfare