Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy
Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://t.co/AyYiUayx2n prisonpolicy.org Easthampton, MA Joined October 2009-
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After 50, formerly incarcerated people have higher rates of stroke, cancer, heart disease, and chronic lung disease. Mass incarceration has created a public health crisis.
Georgia's DOC spends 60 cents per meal. Behind bars, people recount seeing rats in the kitchen, bugs in food, and trays covered with mold. Keep in mind, the Peach State has one of the largest carceral systems in the world. This is a public health crisis. themarshallproject.org/2026/05/16/geo…
Most people who are on electronic monitoring in Chicago follow all the rules and aren't a threat to community safety. Reducing EM would make the city safer, allowing administrators to focus on a smaller number of high-risk cases. Our letter in the Tribune: chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/let…
“No one in America was sentenced to die of heatstroke in a prison." As temperatures soar across the U.S., prisons become increasingly deadly. Must-read 👇 reuters.com/graphics/USA-T…
It's been 62 years since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed racial segregation & discrimination. But racism still plagues the U.S. — particularly its criminal legal system. Every day, Black and brown people are disproportionately targeted & shuffled into the system:
NEW: What does early release look like in states that eliminated discretionary parole? news.prisonpolicy.org/t/r-9229A73061… via @PrisonPolicy newsletter
The disproportionate criminalization of Black people starts at a young age. While Black and white kids use drugs at similar rates, Black youth make up 24% of kids confined for drug offenses, despite comprising just 14% of the general youth population.
🚨Webinar starting soon! For incarcerated people, contact visitation and physical mail are essential lifelines to the outside world — but these forms of communication are under attack by jails & prisons. Join here 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regist…
The effects of incarceration follow people long after their sentences end. Learn more from our recent briefing 👇 prisonpolicy.org/blog/2026/06/0…
Older adults who have ever been behind bars are expected to live nearly 6 fewer years than similar peers who have never been incarcerated. Mass incarceration is shaving years off people's lives:
"For many, the bells of freedom don’t ring. They clang shut with the sound of prison doors." The 'land of the free' turns 250 this week. Incarcerated people reflect on what that means to them 👇 prisonjournalismproject.org/2026/06/25/inc…
"The hardest part about being in prison during a heat wave is like any other time: We completely lack control of our surroundings. We can make no attempt at comfort and we have no outlet to voice concern." What summer heat means for people behind bars: prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/wha…
Our newest report, The Cost We No Longer Pay, tallies up the amount of financial relief achieved through 73 pieces of legislation that ended or significantly reformed 135 fine and fee policies nationwide.
🚨WEBINAR: For incarcerated people, contact visitation, handwritten letters, and phone calls are essential lifelines to the outside world — but these forms of communication are under attack by jails & prisons Sign up to learn how advocates can fight back: zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Prisons cannot hold up against sweltering heat – most of these facilities lack AC & are basically concrete coffins that will only become more inhospitable for people who are locked up.
More here 👇 issuelab.org/resources/2312…
85% of LGBTQ incarcerated people have been put in solitary confinement. Solitary does not "protect" queer individuals. It causes long-lasting harm – including permanent brain damage.
"Like one long nightmare, it can be difficult to keep track of when one day ends and the next begins. And so life goes inside the California City Detention Facility. It feels like the land of the living dead." Life inside an ICE detention facility: latimes.com/opinion/story/…
At least 35 states have laws against behaviors that can potentially spread HIV. These laws punish people for potentially exposing others to the illness, even if no transmission occurs, and can lead to people being criminalized for simply having sex while HIV-positive.
The HIV rate in prison is 3x the US rate. Most states also still criminalize HIV & there are concerning gaps in testing policies across the country. It’s time for the carceral system to get serious about public health interventions for this vulnerable population. #HIVTestingDay
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