Criminal Justice: Corrections

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

From the National Institute of Justice, data on recidivism, reentry, facilities, and community corrections.

Presents statistics on offenders supervised by adult correctional systems in the United States at year end.

Inmate, population, and staff statistics.

Research on numerous correctional topics.

Reports, research and statistics available.

Collects offender-level administrative data annually on prison admissions and releases, and yearend custody populations, and on parole entries and discharges in participating jurisdictions. Demographic information, conviction offenses, sentence length, minimum time to be served, credited jail time, type of admission, type of release, and time served are collected from individual prisoner records.

This unique compilation of data provides a visual representation of key statistics for each state as well as a comparison of each state in relation to other states.

Presents final counts of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities on December 31, 2013, collected by the National Prisoner Statistics Program.

The total correctional population consists of all offenders under the supervision of adult correctional systems, which includes offenders supervised in the community under the authority of probation or parole agencies and those held in the custody of state or federal prisons or local jails.

"The Abolitionist Law Center engages in litigation on behalf of people whose human rights have been violated in prison, produces educational programs to inform the general public about the evils of mass incarceration, and works to develop a mass movement against the American penal system"--from website.

"PARC is a prison abolitionist group committed to exposing and challenging all forms of institutionalized racism, sexism, able-ism, heterosexism, and classism, specifically within the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)"--from website.

"...a monthly magazine that provides cutting edge review and analysis of prisoners' rights, court rulings and news concerning criminal justice-related issues."--from website.

Compilation of research from a variety of sites related to incarceration, the death penalty, sentencing, and more.

An organization that works to "bring national attention to disturbing trends and inequities in the criminal justice system with a successful formula that includes the publication of groundbreaking research, aggressive media campaigns and strategic advocacy for policy reform"--from website.

"A web-based project aimed at bringing the widespread use of solitary confinement out of the shadows and into the light of the public square."--from website.