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, ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

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New study finds 2 in 5 people were 25 and younger when sentenced to LWOP The Sentencing Project is a leader in changing the way Americans think about crime and punishment. The Sentencing Project ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, and the American Civil Liberties Union today released a new report, “Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Global Perspective,” ...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled recently that even the worst offenders can seek parole after 25 years, declaring life sentences without parole to be unconstitutional. By Vjosa Isai and Catherine ...