Report - Mass Incarceration Trends (via The Sentencing Project)

“Today we released an update to our “Mass Incarceration Trends" fact sheet, which highlights the growth in state and federal prison populations since the early 1970s, and its far-reaching impact on individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole. The social, moral, and fiscal costs associated with the large-scale, decades-long investment in mass imprisonment cannot be justified by evidence of its effectiveness. Misguided changes in sentencing law and policy – not crime – account for the majority of the increase in correctional supervision.” READ REPORT