Why are 48,000 children and teenagers locked up in the United States, and where exactly are they? How are the juvenile justice system and the criminal justice system similar, and how are they different? In a new infographic and report, the Prison Policy Initiative answers these unexpectedly difficult questions about youth confinement. Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019 reveals failures in the […]
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Report: “Arrest, Release, Repeat,” reveals how many people go to jail each year and how many times they go
August 26, 2019 – Police and jails are supposed to protect the public from serious public safety threats, but what do they actually do? Until now, attempts to answer this question have been missing the most basic data points: how many individuals cycle through local jails every year and who these individuals are. A new report from […]