For more than 40 years, the United States—a nation that putatively cherishes freedom—has had one of the largest prison systems in the world. Mass incarceration has been so persistent and pervasive ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. High incarceration rates do not correlate with drops in ...

The number of people in prisons and jails in the United States declined slightly in 2017, according to data released Thursday by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, a decrease driven by policy ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho has the highest rate of female incarceration in the United States, according to a new report from the Idaho Justice Project. The report, “Women’s Incarceration in Idaho: The ...

A committee of the National Research Council examined the best available evidence and found no clear evidence that greater reliance on imprisonment achieved its intended goal of substantially reducing ...

Increase in county- and state-level cancer mortality rates seen with higher county and state incarceration rates. (HealthDay News) — Higher incarceration rates are associated with increased county- ...

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