February 28, 2019, book talk by Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, followed by a conversation with Massachusetts experts about life sentencing. At Harvard Law School. Sponsor...
Researchers and advocates discuss The Sentencing Project's new book, The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences, by Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis.
Brave New Films partnered with The Sentencing Project's Campaign to End Life Imprisonment to create a compelling short video highlighting people impacted by life imprisonment.
Since 1997, 23 states have amended one or more of their felony disenfranchisement policies in an effort to reduce their restrictiveness and expand voter eligibility. Please join leading researchers...
Millions of Americans lose their right to vote after they're convicted of a felony — here's how we can change that and why it's so important to put an end to this practice. #Eighteenx18 #WeVoteNext...
Status offenses are a category of behaviors that are illegal only because of a youth's status as a minor (like truancy, violating curfew, and underage drinking). In 2018, The Sentencing Project dis...
Closing adult and youth prisons has created opportunities to use these institutions for new purposes that meet the needs of their local communities. Leading advocates and researchers discuss prison...
Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., conducts and synthesizes research on criminal justice policies for The Sentencing Project. She has written about racial disparities in the justice system, public opinion a...
Over the past 10 years, eight states have vastly expanded the number of youth covered by their state’s juvenile justice systems by raising the age of criminal responsibility. Soon, only five states...
Angela J. Davis of American University Washington College of Law, Kristin Henning of Georgetown Law School, and Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project discuss the new book, Policing the Black Man: Ar...
Tens of thousands of people serving life with parole sentences are now serving longer prison terms than their counterparts in the past. This webinar highlighted lifer parole policies around the cou...
Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project, Jeanette Mott Oxford of Empower Missouri, Lauren Johnson of the Texas Inmate Families Association and Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable, and Marlysa D. G...
This webinar highlighted state activity in New Jersey to address racial disparities, a recent victory in Missouri authorizing a “ban the box” fair chance hiring policy, and a coalition effort to ex...
Founded in 1986, The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, and advocat...
In 2011, The Sentencing Project released this short film, "Unlocking Justice," highlighting problem-solving approaches to justice. The film debuted at The Sentencing Project's 25th anniversary cele...
This webinar highlighted state activity in Delaware to scale back the state's three-strikes law, a recent victory in Georgia modifying the lifetime ban on food assistance for persons with felony dr...
The Economist has called Realignment in California “one of the great experiments in American incarceration policy.” The Realignment policy adopted in 2011 has resulted in a large-scale shift of co...
The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act is a bipartisan, bicameral reform bill recently introduced in Congress. The legislation would take a number of steps forward to reverse harsh penalties tha...