Decarceration Strategies and Sentencing Reform

User icon Heather Dray
15 June 2023
27 items

Resources for Action Research project on decarceration through sentencing reform.


Urban Institute · 4 June 2016 English

This technical report provides an in-depth review of the PFS model, the state of the field, and the strategic planning and five-step process needed to execute high-performing projects. The report …


CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 23 August 2023 English

The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders of this report. [...] The …


Urban Institute · 4 June 2016 English

The federal prison population has risen dramatically over the past few decades, as more people are sentenced to prison and for longer terms. The result? Dangerously overcrowded facilities and an …


Urban Institute · 12 January 2022 English

Many states have enacted comprehensive justice system reforms to reduce the use of incarceration and community supervision with the aim of focusing resources on people at higher risk of reoffending …


TSP: Sentencing Project · 6 February 2023 English

Rapid Buildup, Modest Decline facilities fell from a peak of 109,000 in 2000 to 25,000 in 2020, a 77% decline.7 Some states are well on their way During the buildup …


TSP: Sentencing Project · 30 March 2023 English

People who have committed Vermont’s Department of Corrections reports a total crime, even violent crime, have relatively short criminal of 174 people, or 20% of the state prison population careers …


TSP: Sentencing Project · 10 October 2023 English

the conditions of socioeconomic inequality that contrib- ute to higher rates of certain violent and property crimes The United States remains fully in the era of mass among people of …


TSP: Sentencing Project · 31 October 2023 English

This report describes reforms that states and local jus- This report will highlight state and local laws, policies tice systems can and should adopt to combat the over- and practices …


CBA: Canadian Bar Association · 5 May 2023 English

Fifty percent of women in prison are Indigenous.3 This level of mass incarceration of Indigenous people in prison follows on the heels of over 100 years of residential “schools” (which …


Urban Institute · 4 June 2016 English

The Spring 2006 issue of the American Probation and Parole Association's Perspectives journal (Vol. 30, No. 2) features a collection of articles intended to extend the dialogue sparked by the …