We've The Prison Policy Initiative has added 18 new reports to the Research Library:

• The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison by The Pew Charitable Trusts, August, 2018
  "The share of people who return to state prison three years after being released dropped by nearly a quarter over a recent seven-year period." Categories: Recidivism and Reentry
• Algorithmic Risk Assessments and the Double-Edged Sword of Youth by Megan T. Stevenson and Christopher Slobogin, August, 2018
  Roughly 60% of the risk score that the "COMPAS Violent Recidivism Risk Score" system produces is attributable to age. Categories: Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Young Adults and Community Supervision: The Need for a Developmentally Appropriate Approach to Probation by Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, August, 2018
  "The purpose of this report is to highlight evidence-based probation practices that improve outcomes, strengthening public safety and changing the life trajectory of young adults who might otherwise spend years in prison." Categories: Youth Probation and parole
• Out of Prison & Out of Work: Unemployment among formerly incarcerated people by Prison Policy Initiative, July, 2018
  This report calculates that 27% of formerly incarcerated people are looking for a job, but can't find one. Categories: Recidivism and Reentry Economics of Incarceration Race and ethnicity Women
• Unequal Treatment: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Miami-Dade Criminal Justice by ACLU Florida Greater Miami, July, 2018
  This report finds that from arrest to sentencing, racial disparities exist at each decision point in the Miami-Dade County's criminal justice system. Categories: Race and ethnicity Police and Policing Pretrial Detention Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Girls Matter: Centering Gender in Status Offense Reform Efforts by Vera Institute of Justice, July, 2018
  "This report helps stakeholders analyze how policies and practices may be negatively or differently impacting girls and address disparities that are missed when systems assessment and reform do not include a targeted gender lens." Categories: Women Youth
• The Trial Penalty: The Sixth Amendment Right to Trial on the Verge of Extinction and How to Save It by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, July, 2018
  "The 'trial penalty' (the difference between the sentence offered in a plea offer prior to trial vs the sentence a defendant receives after trial) is now so severe & pervasive that it has virtually eliminated the constitutional right to a trial." Categories: Sentencing Policy and Practices Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• The Impact of Proposition 47 on Crime and Recidivism by Public Policy Institute of California, June, 2018
  This report finds no evidence that violent crime increased as a result of Proposition 47. Categories: Crime and Crime Rates
• The New Dynamics of Mass Incarceration by Vera Institute of Justice, June, 2018
  "Contemporary decarceration exists alongside continuous growth, stagnation, and jurisdictional shifts between prisons and jails, akin to a shell game." Categories: Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Police Brutality Bonds: How Wall Street Profits from Police Violence by Action Center on Race and the Economy, June, 2018
  "This report finds that cities and counties across the United States issue bonds to pay for police brutality settlements and judgments, producing a profit for banks and investors." Categories: Economics of Incarceration
• Officer-involved Shootings and Custodial Deaths in Texas by Texas Justice Initiative, June, 2018
  Overall, most deaths that occur in Texas law enforcement custody are due to natural causes, but that nearly half of all deaths of inmates housed alone in a jail cell are suicides. Categories: Police and Policing Crime and Crime Rates
• The Impact of Early Representation: An Analysis of the San Francisco Public Defender's Pre-Trial Release Unit by California Policy Lab, June, 2018
  In October 2017, the San Francisco Public Defender's Office piloted the Pre-Trial Release Unit (PRU) which doubled the likelihood of release at arraignment "from 14% to 28%" for arrestees who received arrest-responsive interventions from the PRU. Categories: Pretrial Detention
• Silent Injustice: Solitary Confinement in Virginia by ACLU Virginia, May, 2018
  "This report discusses the negative impacts of solitary confinement as practiced in Virginia." Categories: Conditions of Confinement
• A Deeper Dive into Racial Disparities in Policing in Vermont by Stephanie Seguino and Nancy Brooks, March, 2018
  This report substantiates earlier analyses, finding that Black and Hispanic drivers in Vermont are more likely to be stopped and arrested than White or Asian drivers. Categories: Police and Policing Race and ethnicity
• Parole Revocation in Connecticut: Opportunities to reduce incarceration by Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic, September, 2017
  The Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles revoked parole and imposed a prison sanction in 100% of the hearings observed by the Samuel Jacobs Criminal Justice Clinic in November of 2015. Categories: Probation and parole Recidivism and Reentry
• Texas Custodial Death Report: Police, jail, and prison deaths 2005-2015 by Texas Justice Initiative, July, 2016
  This report examines who is dying in the Texas criminal justice system and how they are dying. Categories: Health impact Conditions of Confinement Jails Police and Policing
• Reckless Indifference: Deadly Heat in Texas Prisons by Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, March, 2015
  This report highlights the extreme heat conditions in Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities, the treatment of heat-sensitive individuals, and the failed grievance system employed by the TDCJ. Categories: Conditions of Confinement
• Reentering Women: The Impact of Social Ties on Long-Term Recidivism by Kelle Barrick, Pamela K. Lattimore, and Christy A. Visher, July, 2014
  "Results from this study suggest that in-prison family contact and post-release family support are protective whereas in-prison non-family contact is a risk factor." Categories: Conditions of Confinement Families Recidivism and Reentry Women