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Learn about our key areas of focus to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice.
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Racial Justice

Ending mass incarceration must include combating racial inequality and disparity.

Sentencing Reform

It's time to take a second look at extreme sentences.

Voting Rights

The criminal justice system shouldn't have a say in our democracy.

Youth Justice

We must end youth incarceration and provide all youth with the support they need to thrive.
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Second Look Network

Ending mass incarceration requires taking a second look at extreme sentences. Learn more about our coalition of legal professionals providing direct representation to incarcerated individuals seeking relief from lengthy or unfair sentences.
Advocacy

The Sentencing Project is a leading voice for criminal legal reform.
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Our Work

Explore our work at the national, state, and local level to promote a fair and effective criminal legal system.

Second Look Network

The Network serves, connects, and empowers legal advocates across the country to bring people serving excessive and unfair prison sentences home.

Get Involved

Changing laws and policies to end mass incarceration require a mass movement. Here are ways you can take action.
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50 Years and a Wake Up

America’s 50-year experiment with mass incarceration has been a profound moral and policy failure. Partner with us to end mass incarceration!
Research

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Growth in Mass Incarceration

The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration. Get the facts and statistics on trends in U.S. incarceration.

U.S. Criminal Justice Data

View state-level data to provide a snapshot of key indicators of mass incarceration's impact in the United States

Detailed Data Tool

Compare state-level incarceration data for youth and adults with this expanded data set

Resource Library

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One in Five

One in five Black men born in 2001 is likely to experience imprisonment within their lifetime. Our four-part “One in Five” series examines racial inequities in America’s criminal legal system, as well as highlights promising reforms.
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Report

The Real Cost of ‘Bad News’: How Misinformation is Undermining Youth Justice Policy in Baltimore

December 11, 2024

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Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Global Perspective

June 27, 2024

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Effective Alternatives to Youth Incarceration

June 28, 2023

Fact Sheet

Media Guide: 10 Crime Coverage Dos and Don’ts

July 9, 2024

Report

Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997-2023

October 18, 2023

Policy Brief

Data Reveals Violence Among Youth Under 18 Has Not Spiked in the Pandemic

June 14, 2022

Newsletter

Race and Justice News: Celebrating Black August

August 15, 2025

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One in Five: Racial Disparity in Imprisonment — Causes and Remedies

December 7, 2023

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One in Five: Disparities in Crime and Policing

November 2, 2023

Newsletter

Race and Justice News: White Supremacy’s Hold on Criminal Legal Institutions

February 1, 2023