We've added 14 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• 6 Million Lost Voters: State-Level Estimates of Felony Disenfranchisement, 2016 by The Sentencing Project, October, 2016
  "Approximately 2.5 percent of the total U.S. voting age population -- 1 of every 40 adults -- is disenfranchised due to a current or previous felony conviction." See similar reports about:
  Felon Disenfranchisement Civil Rights
• Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States by Human Rights Watch and the ACLU, October, 2016
  "More than one of every nine arrests by state law enforcement is for drug possession, amounting to more than 1.25 million arrests each year." See similar reports about:
  Drug Policy Civil Rights Crime and Crime Rates Police and Policing Practices Pretrial Detention
• Buying Influence: How Private Prison Companies Expand Their Control of America's Criminal Justice System by In The Public Interest, October, 2016
  "In 2014, out of the 30 governors, lieutenant governors, controllers, attorney generals, and legislators that received individual contributions of $5,000 or greater from the corrections industry, 27 won their races." See similar reports about:
  Prison Privatization
• Juvenile Life Without Parole in Wayne County: Time to Join the National Consensus by Fair Punishment Project, July, 2016
  "Wayne County makes up only 18% of the state's population, yet it accounts for at least 40% of the individuals serving these [juvenile life without parole] sentences in Michigan." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Civil Rights Data Collection Juveniles Sentencing Policy
• Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community by Professor Matthew Desmond, Harvard University; Professor Andrew Papachristos, Yale University; Professor David Kirk, University of Oxford, September, 2016
  "This study shows that publicized cases of police violence against unarmed black men have a clear and significant impact on citizen crime reporting." See similar reports about:
  Community Impact Civil Rights Police and Policing Practices
• Righting Wrongs The Five-Year Groundswell of State Bans on Life Without Parole For Children by The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, September, 2016
  "In just five years"from 2011 to 2016"the number of states that ban death-in-prison sentences for children has more than tripled." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Sentencing Policy
• Demilitarizing America's Police A Constitutional Analysis by The Constitution Project, August, 2016
  "The use of military equipment and tactics by law enforcement has clear"and serious"constitutional implications." See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Practices
• Crime in 2016: A Preliminary Analysis by Brennan Center for Justice, September, 2016
  "The data analyzed for this report suggest that most Americans will continue to experience low rates of crime." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates
• Defendant Remorse, Need for Affect, and Juror Sentencing Decisions by Emily Corwin, Louisiana State Univeristy; Professor Robert Cramer, Sam Houston State University; Desiree Griffin, Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute; Professor Stanley Brodsky, University of Alabama, 2015
  "Incongruent verbal and nonverbal behavior, as well as mock juror willingness to approach emotional situations (i.e., high need for affect resulted in more lenient sentences for defendants." See similar reports about:
  Trials Sentencing Policy
• We are not disposable: The Toxic Impacts of Prisons and Jails by Californians United for a Responsible Budget, October, 2016
  "Pollution and environmental degradation created by prisons and jails exacerbate public health risks for not only incarcerated people but also for the local communities where detention facilities are sited." See similar reports about:
  Community Impact Jails Prisoner Welfare
• 2010 Inmate Releases Three Year Post Release Follow-up by State of New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, June, 2014
  "43% of the offenders released by the Parole Board during 2010 were returned for rule violations within three years and 8% returned for new felonies." See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry Crime and Crime Rates Data Collection
• Use of Electronic Offender-Tracking Devices Expands Sharply by The Pew Charitable Trusts, September, 2016
  "In 2015, manufacturers reported that about 88,000 GPS units were being used for supervision of accused and convicted offenders, a thirtyfold increase from the roughly 2,900 reported a decade earlier." See similar reports about:
  Pretrial Detention Recidivism and Reentry
• Responsible Prison Project Reshaping The Texas Prison System for Greater Public Safety by Aaron Flaherty, David Graham, Michael Smith, William D Jones, and Vondre Cash, October, 2016
  "It has often been said that those who are closest to a problem are closest to its solution. That is no less true for those who are in prison." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare Families Mental Health Prison Procedures Prison Programs Prison and The Economy Prisoner Welfare Recidivism and Reentry
• The Future of Youth Justice A Community-Based Alternative to the Youth Prison Model by Patrick McCarthy, Vincent Schiraldi, and Miriam Shark, October, 2016
  "Closing these failed institutions requires a clear-headed, common-sense, bipartisan policy approach, and a commitment to replace these facilities with effective alternatives that are already available." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Mental Health Prisoner Welfare