People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

In ten states black men are sent to state prison on drug charges at rates that are 26 to 57 times greater than those of white men in the same state. In Illinois, for example, the state with the ...

Mass incarceration costs the economy in other ... to reentry for the formerly incarcerated is finding employment. For example, only 5% of Black job candidates and 17% of White candidates with ...

Purple mountain majesties. Prisons far and wide. Mass incarceration is a feature in America the beautiful. Nearly 2 million people are behind bars at any given time in the United States ...