Over the last thirty years, the prison population in the United States has increased more than seven-fold to over two million people, including vastly disproportionate numbers of minorities and peopl …

Over the last thirty years, the U.S. penal population increased from around 300, 000 to more than two million, with more than half a million prisoners returning to their home communities each year. W …

Officially over in 2009, the Great Recession is now generally acknowledged to be the most devastating global economic crisis since the Great Depression. As a result of the crisis, the United States l …

In the era of mass incarceration, over 600, 000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence. In these circumstanc …