Over the last thirty years, the prison population in the United States has increased more than seven-fold to over two million people, including vastly dispropor
The statistics are startling. Since 1973, America’s imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. More than two million
In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments ri
Over seven million Americans are either incarcerated, on probation, or on parole, with their criminal records often following them for life and affecting access