Monday, March 24 2025:

• Building a Mass Movement for Community-Led Public Safety, Square One Project. May, 2024. "This report examines the political context of [community violence intervention] advocacy...and lays out a framework for how to build a mass movement...that can dramatically reduce gun violence over the long term."
• Talking turkey about the death penalty: outgoing governors and the president must use their clemency power now, Prison Policy Initiative. November, 2024. "We applaud elected leaders when they use clemency to relieve people of excessive or unnecessary criminal sentences. But too often, they overlook those given the most draconian punishment on the books -- the death penalty."
• California may take a big step backwards towards more incarceration with Proposition 36, Prison Policy Initiative. October, 2025. "[California's Prop 36, which was approved by voters in the November 2024 elections,] is projected to fully undo hard fought progress made in reducing California's prison population."
• In Our Backyards: Money Bail in Rural Tennessee, ACLU Tennessee. September, 2021. "From 2000 to 2016, the pretrial incarceration rate increased 163% in the state's 53 rural counties, compared to an increase of only 2% in the state's urban counties."
• Prison Banned Books Week: Books give incarcerated people access to the world, but tablets are often used to wall them off, Prison Policy Initiative. September, 2024. "When we last looked at the availability of prison tablets in 2019, they were relatively new and rare behind bars. Today, at least 48 prison systems indicate they have tablets or, in the case of Alaska and Nevada, are in the process of implementing them."
• Mass incarceration is on the ballot, Prison Policy Initiative. September, 2024. "While presidential campaigns get most of the attention...many lesser-known down-ballot races can have a much more dramatic impact on criminal legal system reform in America. This guide focuses on the most common and consequential offices."
• New, expanded data on Indian country jails show concerning trends extend to tribal lands, Prison Policy Initiative. October, 2024. "Much like other jails across the country, Indian country jail populations are quickly bouncing back from the lows of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this growth has disproportionately impacted women and older adults."

Friday, March 21 2025:

• From Crisis to Care: Addressing Addiction, Mental Health, and Homelessness Through Health And Supportive Services, Drug Policy Alliance. March, 2025. (This policy brief explains the complex relationships between mental health, drug use, and homelessness, and highlights effective and humane policy solutions that address these issues and create healthier, safer communities.)

Thursday, March 20 2025:

• Estate to State: Pay-to-Stay Statutes and the Problematic Seizure of Inherited Property, Brittany L. Deitch. October, 2024. "When states seize inherited property to satisfy the costs of incarceration, the states interfere with the decedent's freedom to choose their beneficiaries as well as the beneficiary's freedom to inherit."
• The Incoherence of Prison Law, Justin Driver & Emma Kaufman. December, 2021. "Exposing the myths that animate prison law yields broader insights about judicial regulation of prisons. This Article explains how outdated tropes have narrowed prisoners' rights and promoted the country's dependence on penal institutions."
• Medication-Assisted Treatment in Criminal Justice Agencies Affiliated with the CJ-DATS (Criminal Justice-Drug Abuse Treatment Studies): Availability, Barriers & Intentions, Peter D. Friedmann et al. January, 2013. "Pregnant women and individuals experiencing withdrawal were most likely to receive MAT for opiate dependence in jail or prison, while those re-entering the community from jail or prison were the least likely to receive MAT."
• A review and content analysis of U.S. Department of Corrections end-of-life decision making policies, Victoria Helmly et al. April, 2022. "When stated, the overwhelming majority (16 of 20, 80%) of policies state that other incarcerated persons could not serve as a health-care proxy."
• Great Weight: A Review of California Board of Parole Hearings Transcripts to Assess Frequency and Consideration of Intimate Partner Violence among Women Convicted of Homicide Offenses, Stanford Criminal Justice Center at Stanford Law School. June, 2023. "[By reviewing] over 140 parole hearing transcripts...we found that approximately 23% of women incarcerated for homicide in California are serving time for a crime directly linked to their experience of intimate partner violence."