View the Task Force’s findings: the drivers of prison population growth, the policies that led us to this point, the Task Force’s recommendations, and the reasons reform is so urgent and necessary. View Charting a Path Forward for Federal Corrections…
Brief: Who Gets Time for Federal Drug Offenses? Data Trends and Opportunities for Reform
Almost half of the 195,809 federally sentenced individuals in the Bureau of Prisons are serving time for drug trafficking offenses, but little is known about their criminal histories or the nature of their offenses. This brief examines both, finding that…
Interactive: Federal Prison Population Forecaster
Brief: Consequences of Growth in the Federal Prison Population
The Charles Colson Task Force has recently examined the drivers of growth, finding that much of it is attributable to the number of drug trafficking offenders in federal prison. This policy brief examines the consequences of that growth. Click here…
Brief: Drivers of Growth in the Federal Prison Population
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