Vera Institute of Justice seeks to end the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty.

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Prison Policy Initiative produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society.

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The Sentencing Project advocates for effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment and criminalization of youth and adults by promoting racial, ethnic, economic, and gender justice.

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Opinion piece by Michelle Batt from Lancaster Bail Fund, May 15, 2024

"Building a new prison [is] an opportunity to have a conversation as a community about what could be implemented in our communities — community-based programs, more services, more supports — that might prevent our perceived need to rely on incarceration. Because what we’re doing isn’t necessarily addressing the underlying causes of what we are choosing to criminalize in behavior.”

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The Little-Known Reason Counties Keep Building Bigger Jails: Architecture Firms, The Intercept, May 31, 2024

"The real way to reduce jail overcrowding is through policy."

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