We've added 19 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• The Right Investment?: Corrections Spending in Baltimore City by Justice Policy Institute; Prison Policy Initiative, February, 2015
  "Maryland taxpayers spend $288 million a year to incarcerate people from Baltimore City." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Prison and The Economy
• What Caused the Crime Decline? by Brennan Center for Justice, February, 2015
  "In the 2000s, increased incarceration had no effect on violent crime and accounted for less than one-hundredth of the decade's property crime drop." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Incarceration's Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in America by Vera Institute of Justice, February, 2015
  "With nearly 12 million annual admissions— almost 19 times those to state and federal prisons— jails have an impact that is both far-reaching and profound." See similar reports about:
  Jails Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• A Solitary Failure: The Waste, Cost and Harm of Solitary Confinement by ACLU of Texas, February, 2015
  "The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) confines 4.4 percent of its prison population in solitary confinement." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare
• State Criminal Justice Advocacy in a Conservative Environment by Sentencing Project, February, 2015
  "This overview highlights successful advocacy strategies employed in conservative political environments in the states of Indiana, Missouri, and Texas." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• The State of Sentencing 2014: Developments in Policy and Practice by Sentencing Project, February, 2015
  "Sentencing: At least 16 states and the District of Columbia authorized legislation to address sentencing policy, including statutory penalties that limit lengths of confinement." See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy
• Reproductive Injustice: The State of Reproductive Health Care for Women in New York State Prisons by Correctional Association of New York, February, 2015
  "Overall, however, we found that reproductive health care for women in New York State prisons is woefully substandard, with women routinely facing poor-quality care and assaults on their basic human dignity and reproductive rights." See similar reports about:
  Women Prisoner Welfare
• Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2014 National Report by National Center for Juvenile Justice, December, 2014
  "In 2011, school crime was common—1 in 8 students were in fights, 1 in 4 had property stolen or damaged." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected by African American Policy Forum, December, 2014
  "Increased levels of law enforcement and security personnel within schools sometimes make girls feel less safe and less likely to attend school." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Women
• Gang Membership Between Ages 5 and 17 Years in the United States by Journal of Adolescent Health, November, 2014
  "Youth gang members were disproportionately male, black, Hispanic, from single-parent households, and families living below the poverty level." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• The School-to-Prison Pipeline in Black and White by ACLU of Rhode Island, February, 2015
  "During the 2011-2012 school year, for example, black students comprised over 16% of suspensions statewide - more than twice their student population." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Education
• Medical Problems of State and Federal Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011-12 by Bureau of Justice Statistics, February, 2015
  "In 2011-12, an estimated 40% of state and federal prisoners and jail inmates reported having a current chronic medical condition while about half reported ever having a chronic medical condition." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare
• Adult and Juvenile Correctional Population Projections by The State of Texas Legislative Budget Board, February, 2015
  "Adult state incarcerated populations are projected to remain stable throughout fiscal years 2015 to 2020 and to remain, on average, 0.7 percent below the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's internal operating capacity." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Juveniles
• An Expanding Strike Zone: Coleman-Bey and the Future of Civil Protections for Prison Inmates by Alliance for Justice, February, 2015
  "The clear trend of courts is toward restricting inmates' rights to seek civil justice far beyond what was envisioned by the Prison Litigation Reform Act." See similar reports about:
  Prison Procedures
• Changes in State Imprisonment Rates 2012-13 by Brennan Center for Justice, September, 2014
  "In September 2014, the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the U.S. Department of Justice released new data on state imprisonment in 2013. This map depicts each state's change in imprisonment rates in each state." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Defunding State Prisons by Santa Clara University School of Law, December, 2014
  "States would, instead, reallocate money spent on prisons to localities to use as they see fit—on enforcement, treatment, or even per-capita prison usage." See similar reports about:
  Prison and The Economy
• A Billion Dollars and Growing: Why Prison Bonding is Tougher on Florida's Taxpayers Than on Crime by Collins Center for Public Policy; Florida TaxWatch, April, 2011
  "Little known and not well understood by taxpayers, this funding approach has saddled future generations of Floridians with over a billion dollars in debt without appreciably increasing public safety." See similar reports about:
  Prison and The Economy
• Boxed Out: Criminal History Screening and College Application Attrition by Center for Community Alternatives, March, 2015
  "This means almost two out of every three applicants who check "yes" to the felony conviction question do not complete the application process and are never considered for admission." See similar reports about:
  Education Recidivism and Reentry
• The Use of Criminal History Records in College Admissions Reconsidered by Center for Community Alternatives, November, 2010
  "A majority (66%) of the responding colleges collect criminal justice information, although not all of them consider it in their admissions process. Private schools and four-year schools are more likely to collect and use such information." See similar reports about:
  Education Recidivism and Reentry