Death Penalty
- Death By Design: Part 1 by The Wren Collective, December, 2023
- “In all 28 Harris County capital cases we reviewed, trial lawyers failed to uncover relevant evidence.”
https://www.wrencollective.org/_files/ugd/8fe8f0_fd475c291d07486188088f0d5c2ffa33.pdf - Death By Design: Part 2 by The Wren Collective, December, 2023
- “Every single attorney we interviewed in Harris County told us that there were simply not enough well-trained mitigation specialists for hire, especially those trained in mental health.”
https://www.wrencollective.org/_files/ugd/8fe8f0_cd056b2be4634f3e9410053388c79bfe.pdf
Economics of Incarceration
- One in Five: How Mass Incarceration Deepens Inequality and Harms Public Safety (Part 4) by Sentencing Project, January, 2024
- “Mass incarceration’s hold on vast public resources, its imposition of financial burdens, and the obstacles erected for people with criminal records further erode economic and social buffers against crime.”
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/economics_of_incarceration/
Police and Policing
- One in Five: Disparities in Crime and Policing (Part 2) by Sentencing Project, November, 2023
- “These racial and ethnic disparities in police contact snowball as individuals traverse the criminal legal system. They also, as discussed below, reduce the perceived legitimacy of policing.”
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/police_and_policing/
Probation and parole
- Mortality, health, and poverty: the unmet needs of people on probation and parole by Prison Policy Initiative, April, 2023
- “Three in 10 people under community supervision have substance use disorders, four times the rate of substance use disorders in the general population.”
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/probation_and_parole/