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Sentencing policy
Only 12 states have taken legislative action to address family separation by incarceration
(Created: 2023)
A growing problem: People serving long sentences
(Created: 2022)
Black people are disproportionately serving sentences of life, life without parole, or “virtual life”
(Created: 2020)
Parole grant rates by state: Tremendous variation
(Created: 2018)
These ten states re-incarcerate the most people for technical violations of parole
(Created: 2018)
US less likely to use alternative sanctions to incarceration than other countries
(Created: 2018)
Some states made dramatic changes in probation in 2016
(Created: 2018)
In Mississippi, juveniles serving life without parole are disproportionately people of color
(Created: 2016)
In North Carolina, juveniles serving life without parole are disproportionately people of color
(Created: 2016)
In Illinois, juveniles serving life without parole are disproportionately people of color
(Created: 2016)
In Missouri, juveniles serving life without parole are disproportionately people of color
(Created: 2016)
Racial disparity in who is serving life without parole
(Created: 2016)
Racial disparity in who is serving life sentences
(Created: 2016)
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