Records
Incarcerated Women and Girls (2026)
The Sentencing Project's 2026 report on the incarceration of women and girls in the United States.
Mass Incarceration Trends Fact Sheet (2026)
The Sentencing Project's 2026 fact sheet on long-term mass-incarceration trends in the United States.
Parents in Prison (2022)
The Sentencing Project's 2022 report on incarcerated parents and the family impacts of imprisonment.
People in Jail and Prison in 2020
Vera Institute's 2020 report on U.S. jail and prison populations, including the early-pandemic decarceration window.
People in Jail and Prison in 2024 (Full Report)
Vera Institute's full 2024 report on the U.S. jail and prison populations.
Political Prisoners: Racism and the Politics of Imprisonment
41-page report issued in August 1980 by the National Minority Advisory Council on Criminal Justice (NMAC). Notable as a federally-funded document — produced under contract J-LEAA-009-79 with the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice — that took the existence of political prisoners in the United States seriously. The repo...
The Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons (2022)
The Sentencing Project's 2022 update on racial and ethnic disparities across U.S. state-prison populations.