Incarceration

"Second-chance hiring" is on the rise, but those with criminal records still face significant barriers to employment.

The goal is to help women find jobs that pay more than a minimum wage salary, with benefits.

Conditions at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in Wisconsin were so bad that now, a federally appointed monitor oversees the facilities. As the number of kids there has declined, costs have gone up.

A former New Orleans parole officer reflects on what could be done better to help parolees stay out of jail and build new lives.

It can't buy freedom, but it bought one inmate some life-improving phone calls.

Japan’s population is aging rapidly. We’ve been looking into some of the ramifications of Japan’s aging population with our partners at the BBC. But living longer doesn’t necessarily mean living well. In Japan there is a bit of an old-age crime wave born out of desperation and poverty. Almost 20 percent of Japan’s prison population […]

The study comes from the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonpartisan group that examines mass incarceration.

The study comes from the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonpartisan group that examines mass incarceration.