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19 Oct 2009, 6:04 am
"It's extremely detrimental to the youth," said Nastassia Walsh, a research associate at JPI. [read post]
29 Sep 2009, 7:46 pm
And while states may lose federal dollars by not complying, JPI's analysis shows that meeting the Act's many requirements will likely cost more. [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 1:02 pm
19 Feb 2009, 6:51 am
Some related posts: Two potent new reports on race and the drug war Examining the disconcerting realities of racial disparities Another strong piece about race and justice New JPI report on racial disparities in incarceration Reflecting on race and criminal justice realities to honor MLK's legacy Can and will Iowa's "Minority Impact Statement" legislation help with criminal justice disparities? [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 2:28 am
16 Sep 2008, 6:08 pm
This JPI fact sheet, available here, includes this significant insight: Regions with the lowest incarceration rates experienced the largest drops in violent crime. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 11:17 pm
JPI's analysis finds that in all 50 states, the first-year costs of implementing SORNA outweigh the cost of losing 10 percent of the state's Byrne Grant. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 8:43 am
” JPI issued a press release this morning taking aim at various aspects [...] [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 9:02 am
If you read through the JPI report, there's a better than very good chance many of the causes and consequences of jail overcrowding they discuss apply to your local jail, too.Kuff adds his thoughts here.See prior, related Grits coverage:DOJ investigating Harris County JailMarc Levin: What should Harris County do now that jail bonds have failed? [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 7:48 am
The report, according to the JPI press release, found that this expansion “is [...] [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 11:52 am
Here is a summary of the report I received via e-mail: Communities are bearing the cost of a massive explosion in the jail population which has nearly doubled in less than two decades, according to a new report released today by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI). [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 6:15 am
"The nation's jail population has nearly doubled in less than two decades, says a new report from the Washington-based Justice Policy Institute (JPI). [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 5:45 am
The report revealed two key trends in Texas regarding incarceration of African Americans for drug crimes: Wide disparities between the number of blacks sent to prison compared to whites, and impressive differences in the size of disparities among jurisdictions, including some of Texas more "liberal" areas evincing the highest differences.For convenience, I republish here the table I compiled from JPI's Texas data ("rates" given are per 100,000 people):First, look at… [read post]
9 Dec 2007, 12:26 pm
He encouraged me to dig deeper into the data in JPI's latest report, declaring there were a lot more Texas-specfic goodies there for a student of drug policy.It was great to see all these folks and many more at the conference, but part of the reason I'd prefer not to give a blow by blow is that some of what I heard was disheartening. [read post]
5 Dec 2007, 12:05 am
Here's a chart excerpted from JPI data for Texas counties with the highest ratio of drug-related incarcerations per 100,000 by county.Reporters especially should review this useful map for localized fact sheets for Texas Counties with populations above 250,000. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 3:26 pm
As detailed here, Justice Policy Institute today released a new report that "documents racial disparities in the use of prison for drug offenses in 193 of the 198 counties that reported to government entities. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 6:26 am
Here are excerpts from the press release:A new report released today by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) finds that 97 percent of the nation's large-population counties imprisoned African Americans at a higher rate than whites. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 1:35 pm
I just noticed at this website that the Justice Policy Institute has now released three effective briefs in its "Series on Public Safety. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 6:14 pm
JPI has compared state-level education data with crime rates and incarceration rates and found that those states that have focused the most on education tend to have lower violent crime rates and lower incarceration rates. [read post]
19 Jul 2007, 9:25 am
JPI has this press release about this new report, and here are snippet:A groundbreaking new report released today by the Justice Policy Institute argues that the billions of dollars spent on traditional gang suppression activities have failed to promote public safety and are often counterproductive. [read post]
