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

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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!
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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

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

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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.
- Glossary of Criminal Justice Terms

Webinar

Why Are We Incarcerating Domestic Violence Survivors?

October 25, 2023

This webinar reflects on how the growth of mass incarceration drives the criminalization of survivors of domestic violence.

Related to: Sentencing Reform

For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Sentencing Project hosted a webinar to reflect on how the growth of mass incarceration drives the criminalization of survivors of domestic violence. The national proliferation of Domestic Violence Survivor Justice Acts (DVSJA) tells a vital story about how the system ACTUALLY handles the survivors it claims to protect.

Panelists

Dr. David McLeod, PhD, MSW – Oklahoma University
Colleen McCarty, Esq – Oklahoma Appleseed
Mulumba Kazigo – New York DVSJA relief recipient and advocate for criminalized survivors
Monica Szlekovics – Survivors Justice Project

Moderator: Alexandra Bailey – The Sentencing Project

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Webinar

Re-Punished for the Past: Criminal Records and Sentencing

The Sentencing Project hosted a follow up webinar to our recent report, Re-Punished for the Past: How Criminal Records Increase Prison Terms and Racial Injustice.

March 25, 2026

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2025 Marc Mauer Racial Justice Awards Ceremony

The Sentencing Project hosted the fourth Marc Mauer Racial Justice Award virtual event on November 6th, where the Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project (YASP) was honored.

November 6, 2025

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Voting from Prison: Learning from Maine, Vermont, and Washington, DC

As a follow-up to The Sentencing Project’s recent report, Voting from Prison: Lessons from Maine and Vermont, we hosted a discussion on what we have learned and continue to learn from formerly and currently incarcerated people, advocates and changemakers, and Department of Corrections staff about accessing democracy during incarceration.

October 23, 2025