Published January 2017
Over the last five years, an increasing number of reports, papers, and studies have been published about the causes, effects, and multiple dimensions of mass incarceration – and how to end it. From academic research to advocacy reports to papers from government agencies, there’s more research and data available than ever to help movements for reform understand what’s happening at every level of the criminal justice system. Combined, this research provides extensive recommendations for what can be done to reduce criminalization, end mass incarceration, and improve safety, health, and justice for everyone.
To assist advocates and organizers in their work to end mass incarceration, Katal reviewed over 30, papers and advocacy tools available through 2016 and produced the following synthesis.
A bibliography is provided below; all reports are publicly available. When referencing certain populations, with limited exception, we have used the language from reports themselves.
This summary was produced by Katal staff: Alexis Wilson Briggs, Director of Research & Development, with gabriel sayegh, Co-Executive Director, and Libbie Pattison, Graduate Intern. For more information, please contact info AT katalcenter.org.