So much great data and analysis from the Prison Policy Initiative

I have been behind on reading and blogging on various fronts, particularly with respect to a number of notable new items from the Prison Policy Initiative.  I will “catch up” poorly through this set of links to recent PPI works:

• “The promise — and peril — of Biden’s criminal justice reform platform: We discuss Biden’s plans for clemency, reentry support, drug courts, and juvenile justice reform.”

• “Since you asked: What role does drug enforcement play in the rising incarceration of women?  Women are being jailed at higher rates than ever. We explore whether drug arrests and substance abuse could be having an impact.”

• “When the Census says most of your town is in prison: Prisons account for over half of the population in nearly 40 municipalities, painting a distorted picture of communities.”

• “Releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety: When these states, cities, and counties began releasing more people pretrial, there were no corresponding waves in crime.”