The state has one of the nation's highest incarceration rates, which criminal justice reform advocates often attribute to harsh sentencing laws. Based on 2022 data, Arizona had the country's ...

The state reduced its prison population by 2.9% in 2023, according to data released Dec. 31 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics ... being the longest in the country and fines and fees which ...

Avenues for Justice (AFJ), one of the first alternative-to-incarceration for youth in the country, provides youth ... Research shows that higher incarceration rates don’t necessarily lower ...

According to two of the country's leading experts on criminal justice statistics, the growth in state incarceration for non-drug offenses between 1980 and 1996 is attributable entirely to public ...

Oklahoma was one of 12 states to reduce its prison population in 2023, though its incarceration rate remains among the highest in the nation.