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Lt. Russell Hanes, left, and counselor Colleen McClay, in bright red at center, chat with women who are incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, Conn., in August.
News October 9, 2018
More Women Are Behind Bars Now. One Prison Wants to Change That.
Connecticut’s WORTH program uses therapy, classes and mentoring to try to keep women from coming back.
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Prisoners in Angola, Louisiana, where the state prison population has dropped by 5.4 percent.
News May 18, 2018
Maryland Leads as Prison Populations Continue to Decline
Sentencing reforms still curbing mass incarceration, but some eye reversals.
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Danielle Sered is the director of Common Justice, an organization that operates an alternative-to-incarceration and victim service program for serious and violent felonies.
Q&A February 16, 2017
Is Prison the Answer to Violence?
An advocate (and survivor) makes the case for another approach.
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Inmates play basketball in the yard at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina. Prisoners in solitary confinement get one hour of recreation a day.
News December 14, 2016
Let’s Go to Prison!
A national field trip to Incarceration Nation, under the shadow of Donald Trump
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In California, sentencing reforms have reduced incarceration rates in state prisons, but not so much in county jails. Above, Madera County Jail in Madera, Calif.
Commentary July 6, 2016
Measuring Incarceration
Don’t overlook local jails.
By Christian Henrichson
Commentary December 15, 2015
Who is Putting the Most People in Jail? Not New York, Chicago, or LA.
A new tool drills down on hidden incarceration rates.
By Jeremy Travis
Commentary October 23, 2015
How to Build Trust in Policing
Measure what really matters.
By Susan Shah and Jim Burch
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