by Peter Wagner, January 27, 2012
Friend of Prison Policy Initiative artist Paul Rucker has been awarded a prestigious grant from Creative Capital to make more art about mass incarceration. His 2009 project, Proliferation, was inspired by the map of U.S. Prison Proliferation, 1900-2000 by PPI’s Rose Heyer. Congratulations Paul!
by Leah Sakala, January 17, 2012
At the 1/16 GOP primary debate Juan Williams cited PPI’s data in a question he asked about the issue of racial disparities in drug-related arrests and convictions:
All of our recent reports about prison/jail growth, racial disparities, and more, re-organized by state.
It can strengthen connections, but instead has been used to sap money from incarcerated people.
Probation and parole are the leading forms of mass punishment in America.
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.