Moving Target: A Decade of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex

September 25, 2008
Moving Target is a new report that explores the ways in which the U.S. prison industrial complex continues to expand and adapt, despite the fact that a decade-long battle against imprisonment, surveillance, and policing has educated the public about the dangers of imprisonment and helped to slow prison growth. (Read Report)

New Factsheet: FBI Uniform Crime Report Says Violent Crime Fell in 2007

The FBI Uniform Crime Report was released Monday, September 15, 2008 with the news that the United States experienced a 1.4 percent decline in the violent crime rate. To view JPI's factsheet on the Uniform Crime Report, click here.

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New Factsheets: Sex Offender Registry Laws Don't Promote Public Safety, Hurt Youth, and Aren't Cost Effective

To view the recently released factsheets on the impact of sex offender registries, click here.

Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies

April 1, 2008
Jailing Communities explores the impact of jail expansion on communities. (Read Report)

The Vortex: The Concentrated Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties

December 4, 2007
The Vortex explores racial disparities in drug imprisonment at the county-level and the characteristics of counties that send people to prison for drug offenses. (Read Report)