Arrest, release, repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social

Grading the parole release systems of all 50 states | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications Reports Briefings

Arrest, release, repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social

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detail on jails and new infographic slideshows March 14, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2016 Contact

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of its Whole Pie report annually however, COVID-related delays in the release of government

Compassionate release was never designed to release large numbers of people | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications

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Grading the parole release systems of all 50 states | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications Reports Briefings

Grading the parole release systems of all 50 states | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications Reports Briefings

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should regulate release cards | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications Issues Data Blog Archives Best of

out how their recently proposed amendments would inadvertently impact their regulation of financially abusive “ release cards .” Release cards are

Will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protect the public from high-fee “release cards”? | Prison Policy Initiative

protect the public from high-fee “release cards”?  + Consumer Financial Protection Bureau housekeeping risks release card protections  +   — Blog Archives

When parole doesn’t mean release: The senseless “program requirements” keeping people behind bars during a pandemic

Policy Initiative report finds video visitation actually punishes families January 14, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2015 Contact

Arrest, release, repeat: How police and jails are misused to respond to social

New data reveals where people in Louisiana prisons come from | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications Issues

the economy even before they are locked up July 9, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 9, 2015 Contact

detail on jails and new infographic slideshows March 14, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2016 Contact

parole, resulting in hundreds of people becoming immediately eligible for release and thousands

charts for each state and D.C. June 1, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2016 Contact

New report, One Size Fits None, explores counterproductive and difficult conditions of probation

New report, Arrest, Release, Repeat, reveals how many people go to jail each year and how

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passed a law implementing a risk-informed approach to pretrial release and virtually

New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications Reports Briefings

New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release | Prison Policy Initiative Home About Publications Reports Briefings

New report, Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie, breaks down where youth are locked up in

and the federal government fail to use commutations as a release mechanism | Prison Policy Initiative

New 50-state report from Prison Policy Initiative and Rainbow PUSH Coalition provides a

revolving doors” of jail and prison ; Improving sentencing structures and release processes to encourage

New report, Era of Mass Expansion, looks at states to explain jail growth | Prison Policy

and shorten parole terms by granting good-time for compliance with conditions. Compassionate release Compassionate release is the

A deep dive into discretionary parole systems By Leah Wang    Tweet this October 2025 Press release Reporter guide Parole, the

grant rates in 35 states (Created: 2025) Fewer hearings, more denials (Created: 2025) Parole release decisions lean heavily on

a significant, nationwide move away from courts allowing non-financial forms of pretrial release (such as release on

Does the parole board ever consider minor violations enough to deny someone early release? Does your state allow

exclusion and attainment among formerly incarcerated people By Lucius Couloute    Tweet this October 2018 Press release Throughout their lives, people

of homeless shelters find that many formerly incarcerated people rely on shelters, both immediately after their release and over

making it bigger. By Sarah Staudt and Emmett Sanders November 2025   Tweet this Press release   Printable version Table of

their criminal justice system without making it bigger. By Sarah Staudt November 2024   Tweet this Press release   Printable version Table of

their criminal justice system without making it bigger. By Sarah Staudt November 2024   Tweet this Press release   Printable version Table of

report from the Prison Policy Initiative pulls back the curtain on parole release systems, providing the

their criminal justice system without making it bigger. By Sarah Staudt November 2023   Tweet this Press release   Printable version Table of

prison stays. By Brian Nam-Sonenstein and Nell Haney   Tweet this January 2025 Press release Reporter guide Table of

their criminal justice system without making it bigger. By Sarah Staudt November 2023   Tweet this Press release   Printable version Table of

Pie 2022 By Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner    Tweet this March 14, 2022 Press release This report is old

Pie 2020    Tweet this By Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner March 24, 2020 Press release Can it really be

the fact that someone died. Furthermore, a jail or prison refusing to release this information upon request

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Biennial Report (2021-2023) Ohio all facilities pre-release pre-release initiation only

that rates of pretrial detention and receiving financial conditions of release (i.e. money bail) are

first looked into these questions about repeat jail bookings in our 2019 report, Arrest, Release Repeat: How police and

to Protect Children by Aleks Kajstura , Peter Wagner and William Goldberg July 2008 Press release Executive Summary Report: Introduction

the mark by Aleks Kajstura , Peter Wagner and Leah Sakala January 27, 2009 Press release Executive Summary Report Coverage

Recidivism & reentry (20) What makes people more or less likely to succeed upon release? Sentencing policy (12) Sex

making it bigger. By Sarah Staudt and Emmett Sanders November 2025   Tweet this Press release   Printable version Table of

18, 2020. Reinstated all medical co-pays in December 2020. Initial response: ADOC Press Release . Subsequent response: States of

new version . By Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner    Tweet this March 14, 2024 Press release Sections The big

the first two years of release, suggesting that pre- and post-release employment services are critical

as of January 2024, only 213 enrollees have received medications prior to release from prison. Even when

6% of people incarcerated in prisons. Jobs outside the facility. Work release programs, work camps, and

not years on end. Or it can lead to suffocating conditions of release, such as electronic monitoring

Most surveyed jurisdictions increased: use of video conferencing for court hearings, pretrial release, release on personal recognizance

and private phone providers by Peter Wagner and Alexi Jones February 2019 Appendices Press release 2016: Ownership interests and

time of social distancing, how overcrowded are they now?  + When parole doesn’t mean release: The senseless

of people in state prisons By Leah Wang    Tweet this June 2022 Press release Over 1 million people

prisons who received visitors were less likely to return to prison after release (Created: 2021) Most states

26, 2017 New research expands the notions of collateral consequences beyond post-release barriers and discrimination

bail industry exploits the legal system By Wendy Sawyer    Tweet this October 2022 Press release Reporter guide Table of

We give every state's parole release system a letter grade. Functioning, fair parole release could help end mass

their probation or immigration status, for example, which renders them ineligible for release. These people aren’t

result in a plea deal, so women may plead guilty to secure release from jail, only to

including in-prison behavior, measures of health, and reconviction after release. Advocates and families

doors” of jails and prisons (6 recommendations) Improve sentencing structures and release processes to encourage

across correctional facilities.” A Call for Greater Compassion: How Pennsylvania's Compassionate Release Statute Reinforces Cruelty Abolitionist

empower the Local Conditional Release Commission to use their authority to release eligible individuals.” The

doors” of jails and prisons (4 recommendations) Improve sentencing structures and release processes to encourage

every stage of the system , from policing to prosecutorial decisions, pretrial release processes, sentencing, correctional discipline

because a state or federal government agency has placed a “hold” on their release. Pretrial detention disproportionately impacts

revolving doors” of jail and prison ; Improving sentencing structures and release processes to encourage

Beyond Prisons 2023: Incarceration and supervision by state by Leah Wang May 2023 Press release    Tweet this The

layer of detail to the story. In a press release , author Khaing Zaw says

family conflict. In addition, we have to make finding stable housing post-release and eradicating

disparities in police stops, searches, and use of force Arrest, Release, Repeat: How police and

Our report evaluates Colorado's "prison tablet" contract, uncovering hidden fees and shoddy services. Release Cards Prisons have traditionally

making the impact of jails clearer. Building on our new national report Arrest, Release, Repeat, we’re able

Pie 2023 By Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner    Tweet this March 14, 2023 Press release This report is old

Rabuy and Peter Wagner January 2015 Report ( Print/PDF version ) Executive Summary Exhibits Press Release Our collaboration with NYC

on family members.” Clemency for the Common Good: An Argument to Release Incarcerated Persons in

The report notes that misconduct records impact incarcerated people’s chances of earning early release in other

experience in prison. New data: Solitary confinement increases risk of premature death after release , by Andrea Fenster, October

to parse how many people experienced homelessness before incarceration versus how many experienced homelessness after release – underscoring both the

by suicide, homicide, and opioid overdose. Compassionate release was never designed to release large numbers of

private phone providers by Peter Wagner and Alexi Jones February 11, 2019 Report Press release Appendices and Exhibits

addressing mass incarceration. In the end, we urge jurisdictions to prioritize release and reduced

people are detained, and tried to eliminate regular types of release from detention like bail

to appear" drive unnecessary jail detention: The path from arrest to pretrial release — and back

receive the medical care they need (Created: 2024) 53,000 women on parole or post-release supervision live in