We've The Prison Policy Initiative has added 15 new reports to the research library:

• The Death Penalty in 2018: Year End Report by Death Penalty Information Center, December, 2018
  "The 25 executions carried out in 2018 marked the fourth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions-something that had not occurred in the United States since 1988-1991." Categories: Death Penalty
• Every Second: The Impact of the Incarceration Crisis on America's Families by FWD.us, December, 2018
  "Every second adult in America has had an immediate family member incarcerated." Categories: Families
• Crime in 2018: Updated Analysis by Brennan Center for Justice, December, 2018
  "This analysis updates the September report and finds that, where data were available, rates of crime, violent crime, and murder in major American cities are estimated to decline through the end of 2018." Categories: Crime and Crime Rates
• Correctional Control 2018: Incarceration and supervision by state by Prison Policy Initiative, December, 2018
  "An estimated 4.5 million adults are under community supervision, nearly twice the number of people who are incarcerated in jails and prisons combined." Categories: Probation and parole
• New York Should Re-examine Mandatory Court Fees Imposed on Individuals Convicted of Criminal Offenses and Violations by New York City Bar, November, 2018
  "Courts should not prioritize revenue-raising over the successful re-integration of incarcerated persons back into society." Categories: Economics of Incarceration
• The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility by Opportunity Insights, October, 2018
  "Moving to a neighborhood that is just a mile or two away can change children's average earnings by several thousand dollars a year and have significant effects on a spectrum of other outcomes ranging from incarceration to teenage birth rates." Categories: General
• The Minimum Wage, EITC, and Criminal Recidivism by Amanda Y. Agan and Michael D. Makowsky, September, 2018
  This report finds that the average minimum wage increase of $0.50 reduces the probability that men and women return to prison within 1 year by 2.8%. Categories: Recidivism and Reentry
• Modernizing Parole Statutes: Guidance from Evidence-Based Practice by Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, August, 2018
  This paper's recommendations serve as a starting place for those interested in modernizing parole laws around three areas: the parole decision-making process, the terms/conditions of supervision, and the administration of the paroling authority itself. Categories: Probation and parole
• Everywhere and Nowhere: Compassionate Release in the States by Families Against Mandatory Minimums, June, 2018
  "While compassionate release is nearly universal, it is underused. We believe that is due, in part, to poor design." Categories: Sentencing Policy and Practices
• 50-State Comparison Characteristics of Pardon Authorities by Collateral Consequences Resource Center, June, 2018
  This report provides a 50 state comparison of pardons, including: type of administration, type of process, eligibility requirements, effect, frequency of grants, and alternative restoration. Categories: Sentencing Policy and Practices
• Fact Check: A Survey of Available Data on Juvenile Crime in Baltimore City by Abell Foundation, June, 2018
  "While there has been an increase in the number of juveniles charged as adults for serious crimes, the number of these cases remains relatively small--less than 10 percent of all juvenile arrests." Categories: Youth
• Recidivism in Delaware: An Analysis of Prisoners Released in 2011 through 2013 by Delaware Criminal Justice Council Statistical Analysis Center, December, 2017
  This report finds in 2011-2013, between 71-78% of people released from prison in Delaware are arrested again within 3 years. Categories: Recidivism and Reentry
• Incarceration Incentives in the Decarceration Era by Avlana Eisenberg, January, 2016
  "The detailed incentives unearthed by this study demonstrate the significant hurdles facing emerging decarceration policies and the urgent challenge of accounting for, overcoming, and co-opting entrenched prison industry stakeholders." Categories: Privatization
• 21 Principles for the 21st Century Prosecutor by Brennan Center for Justice, 2015
  "Given their powers, prosecutors are well positioned to make changes that can roll back over-incarceration. They can use their discretion to improve the overall fairness and efficacy of the criminal justice system." Categories: Trials
• Paradox of Probation: Community Supervision in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Michelle Phelps, March, 2013
  The results suggest that across place and time, probation paradoxically exerts both a prison alternative and net-widener effect, with the two forces often cancelling one another out. Categories: Probation and parole