More than 55,000 people in the U.S. are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to research from The Sentencing Project. Behind bars, they are largely unseen and ...

The Sentencing Project is a national non-profit criminal justice-oriented 5013 organization established in 1986 in Washington, D.C.. The organization advocates for change in sentencing policy, ...

The Sentencing Project is a leader in changing the way Americans think about crime and punishment. The Sentencing Project promotes effective and humane responses to crime that minimize imprisonment ...

From 2000 to 2019, the number of people serving sentences of 10 years or longer exploded from 587,000 to 773,000, according to a new report from The Sentencing Project.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with The Sentencing Project's Senior Director of Advocacy Nicole D. Porter about her new study on states repurposing closed correctional facilities.

Efforts to reform juvenile sentencing in the U.S. have made significant strides but a new report showed Alabama is lagging behind. A study by The Sentencing Project said two in five people ...

Those numbers were incorrectly reported by the Sentencing Project. Several lawmakers told the Clarion Ledger based on state databases that the number actually floats at around 40,000 people.

According to The Sentencing Project, 72.1% of federal prisoners are serving time for a nonviolent offense and have no history of violence. More than half are for drug offenses.

Those numbers were incorrectly reported by the Sentencing Project. Several lawmakers told the Clarion Ledger based on state databases that the number actually floats at around 40,000 people.

However, The Sentencing Project also explained that despite the overall decrease, “racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarceration and sentencing persist.” Citing data from the Easy ...

The Sentencing Project agrees that Tennessee should be serious about safety, but passing blended sentencing legislation is a distraction, a poor short- and long-term investment.