The Sentencing Project
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The Sentencing Project has been fighting for a fair & effective justice system since 1986.
The Sentencing Project joined 400+ civil rights groups calling on Congress to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through budget negotiations.
Read the coalition letter ⬇️
Read the coalition letter ⬇️
Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Refuse to Fund ICE Without Reforms – The Sentencing Project
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January 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The Sentencing Project joined 400+ civil rights groups calling on Congress to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through budget negotiations.
Read the coalition letter ⬇️
Read the coalition letter ⬇️
MARYLAND EVENT: Join us at the Maryland Youth Justice Coalition's Youth Justice Lobby Day in Annapolis.
📍 Where: St. Anne's Parish: 199 Duke of Gloucester Street
📅 When: February 2, 2026 at 4PM
RSVP: bit.ly/MYJCLobbyDay26
📍 Where: St. Anne's Parish: 199 Duke of Gloucester Street
📅 When: February 2, 2026 at 4PM
RSVP: bit.ly/MYJCLobbyDay26
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
MARYLAND EVENT: Join us at the Maryland Youth Justice Coalition's Youth Justice Lobby Day in Annapolis.
📍 Where: St. Anne's Parish: 199 Duke of Gloucester Street
📅 When: February 2, 2026 at 4PM
RSVP: bit.ly/MYJCLobbyDay26
📍 Where: St. Anne's Parish: 199 Duke of Gloucester Street
📅 When: February 2, 2026 at 4PM
RSVP: bit.ly/MYJCLobbyDay26
A group of Baltimore City youth have created art displayed throughout the city as a way to be a voice for their peers that challenges negative stereotypes and shares positive stories about the city's youth.
Baltimore youth launch 'We Are More' campaign to change negative narratives
Baltimore youth create "We Are More" public art campaign on MTA buses and shelters to challenge negative stereotypes and share positive stories.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
A group of Baltimore City youth have created art displayed throughout the city as a way to be a voice for their peers that challenges negative stereotypes and shares positive stories about the city's youth.
Research on the incarceration of women is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration & to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980.
Learn more: bit.ly/3YkWnHn
Learn more: bit.ly/3YkWnHn
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Research on the incarceration of women is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration & to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980.
Learn more: bit.ly/3YkWnHn
Learn more: bit.ly/3YkWnHn
Interested in joining The Sentencing Project as a Spring Youth Justice Research Fellow?
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Youth Justice Research Fellow – The Sentencing Project
Featured Campaign Second Look Network Ending mass incarceration requires taking a second look at extreme sentences. Learn more about our coalition of legal professionals providing direct representation to incarcerated individuals seeking relief from len...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Interested in joining The Sentencing Project as a Spring Youth Justice Research Fellow?
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Our newest resource focuses on the automatic charging of youth in adult courts.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our newest resource focuses on the automatic charging of youth in adult courts.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
Private for-profit prisons incarcerated 90,873 people in 2022, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population.
Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 5%.
Read our fact sheet: bit.ly/45mPTuh
Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 5%.
Read our fact sheet: bit.ly/45mPTuh
Private Prisons in the United States – The Sentencing Project
Twenty-seven states and the federal government incarcerated 90,873 people in private prisons in 2022, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Private for-profit prisons incarcerated 90,873 people in 2022, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population.
Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 5%.
Read our fact sheet: bit.ly/45mPTuh
Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 5%.
Read our fact sheet: bit.ly/45mPTuh
The United States makes up roughly 4% of the world population but holds an estimated 40% of the world’s life-sentenced population.
Learn more: bit.ly/4gMO5kk
Learn more: bit.ly/4gMO5kk
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The United States makes up roughly 4% of the world population but holds an estimated 40% of the world’s life-sentenced population.
Learn more: bit.ly/4gMO5kk
Learn more: bit.ly/4gMO5kk
Interested in joining The Sentencing Project as a Spring Youth Justice Research Fellow?
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Youth Justice Research Fellow – The Sentencing Project
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December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Interested in joining The Sentencing Project as a Spring Youth Justice Research Fellow?
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Check out the description and apply by January 10, 2026!
bit.ly/3MvIXXz
Our fact sheets reveal a disturbing resurgence in youth incarceration and widening racial disparities as of 2023. Research shows that over-incarcerating our youth won’t deter crime—it only deepens cycles of trauma & inequality, harming families and communities.
Read: bit.ly/4rU3ZiS
Read: bit.ly/4rU3ZiS
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our fact sheets reveal a disturbing resurgence in youth incarceration and widening racial disparities as of 2023. Research shows that over-incarcerating our youth won’t deter crime—it only deepens cycles of trauma & inequality, harming families and communities.
Read: bit.ly/4rU3ZiS
Read: bit.ly/4rU3ZiS
While many U.S. states have scaled back their disenfranchisement provisions, a trend that has accelerated since 2017, the United States still lags behind most of the world in protecting the right to vote for people with criminal convictions. bit.ly/3XXcVGr
Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Global Perspective – The Sentencing Project
The United States is out of step with the rest of the world in disenfranchising large numbers of citizens based on criminal convictions.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
While many U.S. states have scaled back their disenfranchisement provisions, a trend that has accelerated since 2017, the United States still lags behind most of the world in protecting the right to vote for people with criminal convictions. bit.ly/3XXcVGr
"States should take the first step in undoing the harms of mass incarceration by passing “second look” laws that allow judges to review sentences after a person has served a lengthy period of time," writes Kara Gotsch for @notusperspectives.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4aLzpSh
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"States should take the first step in undoing the harms of mass incarceration by passing “second look” laws that allow judges to review sentences after a person has served a lengthy period of time," writes Kara Gotsch for @notusperspectives.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4aLzpSh
Our newest resource focuses on the automatic charging of youth in adult courts.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
Automatically Charging Youth as Adults – The Sentencing Project
Automatic charging or "auto-charging" is one of several pathways that send people under 18 years old into the adult criminal legal system.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Our newest resource focuses on the automatic charging of youth in adult courts.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have automatic charging provisions.
We know from decades of adolescent research that charging youth as adults harms youth wellbeing and community safety.
Reposted by The Sentencing Project
“There really isn’t an issue with mass incarceration in other countries,” Nicole Porter of @sentencingproject.bsky.social tells us. “The United States by far is the world’s number one jailer.”
Nicole Porter: The US is ‘by far the world’s number one jailer’
“There really isn't an issue with mass incarceration in other countries,” Nicole Porter of The Sentencing Project tells us. “The United States by far is the world's number one jailer.”
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December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“There really isn’t an issue with mass incarceration in other countries,” Nicole Porter of @sentencingproject.bsky.social tells us. “The United States by far is the world’s number one jailer.”
Reposted by The Sentencing Project
Despite crime levels hitting historic lows, 39 states across the country increased their prison populations in 2023 — a stark reversal from 13 years of slow decarceration. @sentencingproject.bsky.social provides analysis into this new trend and recommendations for decarceration: tinyurl.com/2vt885kn
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Despite crime levels hitting historic lows, 39 states across the country increased their prison populations in 2023 — a stark reversal from 13 years of slow decarceration. @sentencingproject.bsky.social provides analysis into this new trend and recommendations for decarceration: tinyurl.com/2vt885kn
Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration.
Youth Justice by the Numbers – The Sentencing Project
Between 2000 and 2023, there has been a 75% decline in youth incarceration. However, racial and ethnic disparities persist.
www.sentencingproject.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration.
Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization.
The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980.
The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980.
Incarcerated Women and Girls – The Sentencing Project
The number of incarcerated women stands over six times higher than in 1980.
www.sentencingproject.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization.
The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980.
The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980.
Your support creates real change. 💙
This #GivingTuesday, help us fuel research, advocacy, and reforms that give second chances and strengthen communities.
Donate today: sentproj.org/GivingTuesday2025
This #GivingTuesday, help us fuel research, advocacy, and reforms that give second chances and strengthen communities.
Donate today: sentproj.org/GivingTuesday2025
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Your support creates real change. 💙
This #GivingTuesday, help us fuel research, advocacy, and reforms that give second chances and strengthen communities.
Donate today: sentproj.org/GivingTuesday2025
This #GivingTuesday, help us fuel research, advocacy, and reforms that give second chances and strengthen communities.
Donate today: sentproj.org/GivingTuesday2025
We're grateful for community. We thank you for being a part of our community and being a part of our shared fight for justice!
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We're grateful for community. We thank you for being a part of our community and being a part of our shared fight for justice!
Our report identifies alternatives to youth incarceration program models that consistently produce better public safety outcomes than incarceration with far less disruption to young people’s healthy adolescent development.
Effective Alternatives to Youth Incarceration – The Sentencing Project
Six alternative to youth incarceration models that consistently produce better public safety outcomes than incarceration
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November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our report identifies alternatives to youth incarceration program models that consistently produce better public safety outcomes than incarceration with far less disruption to young people’s healthy adolescent development.
Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration.
Youth Justice by the Numbers – The Sentencing Project
Between 2000 and 2023, there has been a 75% decline in youth incarceration. However, racial and ethnic disparities persist.
www.sentencingproject.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Between 2000 and 2023, youth incarceration fell by almost 75%. However, racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist amidst overall declines in youth arrests and incarceration.
Reposted by The Sentencing Project
A @sentencingproject.bsky.social report shows US remains a leader in mass incarceration as 39 states increased prison populations despite record-low crime rates, locking up its citizens at a far higher rate than any other industrialized nation.
#endmassincarceration
fmeproject.org/39-states-in...
#endmassincarceration
fmeproject.org/39-states-in...
Sentencing Project - 39 States Increased Prison Populations Despite Record-Low Crime Rates - Felony Murder Elimination Project
A report shows the US remains a leader in mass incarceration, as 39 states increased prison population despite record-low crime rates.
fmeproject.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A @sentencingproject.bsky.social report shows US remains a leader in mass incarceration as 39 states increased prison populations despite record-low crime rates, locking up its citizens at a far higher rate than any other industrialized nation.
#endmassincarceration
fmeproject.org/39-states-in...
#endmassincarceration
fmeproject.org/39-states-in...
Despite crime rates hitting historic lows, 39 states increased their prison populations in 2023.
Our latest policy brief shows how states are undoing years of reforms that downsized prison populations: sentproj.org/americas-incarceration-crossroads
Our latest policy brief shows how states are undoing years of reforms that downsized prison populations: sentproj.org/americas-incarceration-crossroads
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Despite crime rates hitting historic lows, 39 states increased their prison populations in 2023.
Our latest policy brief shows how states are undoing years of reforms that downsized prison populations: sentproj.org/americas-incarceration-crossroads
Our latest policy brief shows how states are undoing years of reforms that downsized prison populations: sentproj.org/americas-incarceration-crossroads
In @apnews.com: “As long as we’ve looked at data for Washington state, Native youth are much, much more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers."—The Sentencing Project's Josh Rovner
Native American children more likely to be arrested, jailed in Washington state, data shows
For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In @apnews.com: “As long as we’ve looked at data for Washington state, Native youth are much, much more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers."—The Sentencing Project's Josh Rovner