Editor's note: This information has been updated in three previously published stories on disenfranchisement that were previously published in the Clarion Ledger and the Hattiesburg American to ...

The Sentencing Project is a national non-profit criminal justice-oriented 5013 organization established in 1986 in Washington, D.C.. The organization advocates for change in sentencing policy, ...

Earlier this month, The Sentencing Project released their latest report, “One in Five: Ending Racial Inequity in Incarceration.” This report is the first in what will be a series of four, “examining ...

‘Locked Out 2024’ highlights persistent racial disparities and the nationwide impact of felony voting bans The Sentencing Project is a leader in changing the way Americans think about crime and ...

As the United States commemorates 50 years of mass incarceration, researchers and experts call for a comprehensive reimagining of the public safety infrastructure to prevent another 50 years of this ...

The new report, “Voting in Jails: Advocacy Strategies to #UNLOCKtheVOTE,” examines strategies to improve ballot access for incarcerated people who are legally eligible to vote. The Sentencing Project ...

Even as New Jersey has dramatically reduced its prison population in recent years, the state continues to have the worst racial disparity among its incarcerated population in the country, according to ...

Recently, the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit that advocates for reduced imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults, issued a report that suggested that youth offenses are declining based on ...

ATLANTA — For the first time in over 10 years, Luci Harrell can vote in a presidential election. Around the time she graduated law school this year, Harrell completed two years of parole and became ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with The Sentencing Project's Senior Director of Advocacy Nicole D. Porter about her new study on states repurposing closed correctional facilities. Defund the police - that ...

She has given a number of talks on state sentencing policy, collateral consequences, and racial disparity to various audiences including the League of Women Voters, NAACP, and the United Methodist ...