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The High Cost of a Fresh Start: A State-by-State Analysis of Court Debt as a Bar to Record Clearing, National Consumer Law Center and Collateral Consequences Resource Center, February 2022.
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Waiting for Relief: A National Survey of Waiting Periods for Record Clearing, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, February 2022.
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Fair Chance Licensing Project: State Expand Access to In-Demand Jobs, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2021.
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National Maps on Expungement, Pardoning, and Voting Rights Restoration, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, Oct. 2021.
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More Community, Less Confinement: A State-by-State Analysis on How Supervision Violations Impacted Prison Populations During the Pandemic, The Council of State Governments Justice Center, September 2021.
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States of Emergency: The Failure of Prison System Responses to COVID-19, Prison Policy Initiative, Sept. 2021.
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Report + State Survey: The Right to Communicate After Arrest, Chicago Appleseed, July 2021.
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Justice Counts: State Data, The Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2021.
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A Second Look at Injustice, The Sentencing Project, May 2021.
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Tip of the Iceberg: How Much Criminal Justice Debt Does the U.S. Really Have?, The Fines and Fees Justice Center, April 2021.
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States Can Shorten Probation and Protect Public Safety, Pew Charitable Trusts, Dec. 2020, Updated April 2021.
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How New York Lags Behind: Parole Reforms in Other States, New Yorkers United for Justice, March 2021.
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Rigging the Jury: How Each State Reduces Jury Diversity by Excluding People with Criminal Records, Prison Policy Initiative, Feb. 2021.
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Who Must Pay to Regain the Vote? A 50-State Survey, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, Nov. 2020.
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2020 National State Ratings Report: Human Rights Protections for Children in the U.S. Justice System, Human Rights for Kids, Oct. 2020.
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Good Samaritan Fatal Overdose Prevention and Drug-induced Homicide: Summary of State Laws, Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association, Aug. 2020.
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Barred from Working: A Nationwide Study of Occupational Licensing Barriers for Ex-Offenders, Institute for Justice, June 2020.
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Pathways to Reintegration: Criminal Record Reforms in 2019, Collateral Consequences Resource Center, Feb. 2020.
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Laying the Groundwork: How States Can Improve Access to Continued Education for People in the Criminal Justice System, Council of State Governments Justice Center, Feb. 2020.
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Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School - 50-state Criminal Justice Debt Builder.
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Confined and Costly: How Supervision Violations Are Filling Prisons and Burdening Budgets, The Council of State Governments Justice Center, July 2019.
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Reimagining Prison Report, Vera Institute of Justice, Oct. 2018.
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Smart Justice 50-State Blueprints, American Civil Liberties Union, Oct. 2018.
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Overcriminalizing America: An Overview and Model Legislation for States, Manhattan Institute, Aug. 2018.
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Right to Counsel Services in the 50 States, Sixth Amendment Center, March 2017.
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Breaking Down Mass Incarceration in the 2010 Census: State-by-State Incarceration Rates by Race/Ethnicity, Prison Policy Initiative, May 2014.
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Tracking State Prison Growth in 50 States, Prison Policy Initiative, May 2014.
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50 State Incarceration Profiles, Prison Policy Initiative, May 2014.
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Trends in Sentencing and Corrections: State Legislation, National Conference of State Legislatures, July 2013.
State Level Reports
Here you will find reports which review state-level policies across the country related to the criminal legal system.