Mass incarceration is a complex issue that cannot be solved by simply tweaking the system, but rather by addressing the root ...

The Prison Policy Initiative, a national advocacy group and nonprofit organization, ranked Arkansas third highest in the U.S. for incarceration rates amid major jail expansion projects in the state.

“Innocence” reminds us that a prison sentence meted out to a parent—and the United States has the world’s highest incarceration rate for women—also, inevitably, affects their childre ...

A new national epidemiological survey provides a demographic and diagnostic picture of people living with mental ill health ...

“The ranking [as highest in the country] was very much of a surprise ... Hoskins said other factors like poverty and education often correlate with incarceration rates in the black community.