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The impact of the U.S. prison system on crime rates and recidivism, including the effects of incarceration and reentry programs
in several states have generally without producing large, consistent increases in crime, and in some cases produced modest — but effects vary by state, offense type, and complementary policies like pa...
Trump’s most tangible criminal-justice legacy was the bipartisan First Step Act, which produced measurable reductions in the federal prison population through sentence-shortening and early-release mec...
under 8 U.S.C. §1325 is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail (and fines) for a first offense, while illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. §1326 is a felony with statutory maximums that range ...
Prosecutors in rarely publish indexes of how often they consent to s for felony convictions, and the available legal sources and commentary describe the sentence as an established but uncommon tool ra...
An unconditional discharge in New York is a sentencing option that enters a final judgment of conviction while imposing no prison, fine, or probation supervision — in short, the court convicts but imp...
Recidivism in the United States is high but slippery: depending on how it is measured, government and independent reports place three‑year rearrest or reincarceration rates in the tens of percentage p...