by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 25, 2021 | News
A multiyear decline in the overall U.S. prison population continued through the first half of 2021, according to a Vera Institute of Justice report published June 7. The total incarcerated population stands at just under 1.77 million currently, with nearly 1.2 million...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 3, 2021 | News
U.S. prisons and jails saw a significant decline in the inmate population during 2020, according to a Vera Institute of Justice report published on January 25. There were 2,115,000 incarcerated people in 2019 – 1,435,500 in U.S. prisons and 758,419 in U.S. jails....
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 8, 2020 | News
People without homes in the U.S. are overrepresented in the criminal justice system due to “punitive laws and enforcement practices,” according to a Vera Institute of Justice report published Aug. 12. A total of 567,715 unhoused persons were counted across the U.S....
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 26, 2019 | News
Reforming policing practices is essential to addressing mass incarceration in the U.S., according to a Vera Institute of Justice report published on Aug. 12. Beginning in the late 1990s, there was a significant increase in the number of adults with an arrest record by...
