data and analysis relating to prisoners and inmates, and prisons and jails
More prime-age men and women kill themselves than are killed by another. Homicide is sensational news. Suicide is mundane reality. … Read the post suicide and homicide: fear yourself more than you fear crime
Differences in cost of visiting and in personal relationships create large differences among prisoners in the frequency of personal visits. … Read the post about half of prisoners receive no personal visits from outside prison
Increasing communication between prisoners and the outside world is not merely just and merciful, but also cost-effective. … Read the post visiting prisoners reduces recidivism
Oregon’s expansion of the prisoner communications market is a good model for other state prison systems to follow. … Read the post broader prisoner communications market benefits everyone
Present-day U.S. prosecutors dispense criminal justice much more like King Louis IX in 13th-century France than like a qadi in the ancient Islamic world. … Read the post qadi criminal justice in comparative perspective