New research findings directly address recent claims about the role of criminal legal reforms in violent crime trends. In response to the rapid spread of COVID-19, jails across the country implemented emergency strategies to reduce jail populations and mitigate the virus’s spread. Since the onset ... Read More

A recent research project by the Vera Institute of Justice offers lessons for jail systems around the country on the dangers of criminalizing women’s poverty. The picture for women in America’s jails remains troubling. Women in the United States only make up 4% of the world’s population, but ... Read More