Clarence Ford is a Policy Research Associate at the Burns Institute where he focuses on developments in research, legislation, and analyzes data to understand the impact of legislation and the justice system to people of color. Having had experience of being incarcerated, and receiving his education from the University of

Written by Starlene Parris & Kasey Michaud Approximately 15% of all people living in state prisons experience a serious mental illness. What happens to these people? They are left to rot in prison, fighting against their own minds and a broken system they don’t fully understand. If you are

THE BIG PICTURE: As COVID-19 escalates, prisons across the United States are resorting to solitary confinement as a means of containing the virus. Within weeks, the number of isolated inmates surged from 60,000 inmates to a staggering 300,000, suggesting that solitary confinement is headed toward a path of

Though numerous states and the federal government have experimented with the remedy of prison reform, many would argue there is still a ways to go to achieve truly positive, influential change. There are many factors that contribute to prison reform, including breaking down legal barriers, reconstructing the societal stigma of