HELP US END MASS INCARCERATION The Prison Policy Initiative uses research, advocacy, and organizing to dismantle mass incarceration. We’ve been in this movement for 23 years, thanks to individual donors like you.

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Links

Sometimes we send letters to friends where having links would be handy to the reader. So we’ve archived them here.

November 1, 2024

2023-2024 Annual Report

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps

Responding to the moment

Ending Prison Gerrymandering

Supporting Advocates on the Ground

August 1, 2024

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps

Uncovering disparities in the criminal legal system

Ending Prison Gerrymandering

Supporting Advocates on the Ground

May 1, 2024

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps

Shining a Light on the Carceral Experience

Ending Prison Gerrymandering

Supporting Advocates on the Ground

February 1, 2024

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps

Fighting the reactionary tendency of the system

Ending Prison Gerrymandering

Supporting Advocates on the Ground

October 30, 2023

Link to 2022-2023 Annual Report

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps

Uncovering disparities in the criminal legal system

Fighting the reactionary tendency of the system

Ending Prison Gerrymandering

Supporting Advocates on the Ground

August 3, 2023

Press clipping included with mailing: Life with Parole: Probation and parole systems remain understaffed and buggy in Texas by Michelle Pitcher

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps

Uncovering disparities in the criminal legal system

Fighting the reactionary tendency of the system

Ending Prison Gerrymandering

April 30, 2023

Press clipping included with mailing: The high cost of staying in touch while incarcerated can linger long after release by Roby Chavez

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps

Uncovering disparities in the criminal legal system

Fighting the exploitation of incarcerated people and families

Ending Prison Gerrymandering

January 31, 2023

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

Uncovering disparities in the criminal legal system:

Fighting the exploitation of incarcerated people and families:

Ending Prison Gerrymandering:

Supporting advocates on the ground working on issues related to our research:

October 31, 2022

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

Uncovering disparities in the criminal legal system:

Fighting the exploitation of incarcerated people and families:

August 2, 2022

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

Uncovering disparities in the criminal legal system

Fighting the exploitation of incarcerated people and families

April 12, 2022

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

Advocating for a humane response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Fighting the exploitation of incarcerated people and families:

Ending prison gerrymandering:

January 26, 2022

Fueling the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

Advocating for a humane response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Lifting up the experiences of incarcerated women:

Fighting the exploitation of incarcerated people and families:

Ending prison gerrymandering:

August 12, 2021

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We shine a light on dangerous and overlooked local jails:

We are advocating for a humane response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

We fight to regulate the corrupt prison and jail phone industry:

We work to end prison gerrymandering:

May 12, 2021

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We are advocating for a humane response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

We fight to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We work to end prison gerrymandering:

February 10, 2021

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We are advocating for a humane response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

We fight to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We work to end prison gerrymandering:

October 29, 2020

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

Advocating for a humane response to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Bringing fairness to the prison and jail phone industry

Working to end prison gerrymandering:

And finally, our 2019-2020 annual report.

August 7, 2020

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic:

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

Other exciting updates:

April 23, 2020

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic:

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

February 6, 2020

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

Other exciting updates:

November 8, 2019

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

Other exciting updates:

August 8, 2019

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

Other exciting updates:

May 10, 2019

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

February 28, 2019

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

November 2, 2018

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to stop driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving:

August 22, 2018

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We uncovered exploitation in the criminal justice system:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to stop driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving:

April 23, 2018

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to stop driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

January 30, 2018

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

We worked to stop driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving:

Other exciting updates:

November 7, 2017

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

August 31, 2017

We continued to fuel the movement against mass incarceration by filling data and messaging gaps:

We analyzed important government data:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

We worked to stop driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving:

We advocated for relief from criminal justice “user fees”:

Other exciting updates:

April 28, 2017

We aided the movement against mass incarceration with a series of explainers:

We worked to stop driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

  • Our research on the industry’s $1.50/minute phone calls

February 2, 2017

We aided the movement against mass incarceration with a series of explainers:

We analyzed and interpreted government data:

We worked to stop driver’s license suspensions for drug offenses unrelated to driving:

We worked to end prison gerrymandering:

We worked to protect in-person family visits from the video visitation industry:

We worked to bring fairness to the prison and jail phone industry:

  • Our research on the industry’s $1.50/minute phone calls

We fought for relief from criminal justice “user fees”:

December 21, 2016


October 25, 2016

August 1, 2016


April 15, 2016


February 3, 2016

November 17, 2015

August 4, 2015

April 11, 2015

January 30, 2015



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