The Sentencing Project has been working for a fair and effective U.S. legal system since 1986.
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MAY 13: After Mother's Day, join #CommunitiesNotCages in Albany for a press conference, rally and meetings with lawmakers to fight for thousands of mothers and children separated by cages in New York State. Free food & transportation. RSVP: bit.ly/FreeOurMoms
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NEW: @CUNYLaw Prof. Daniel Loehr uncovers the eugenic origins of habitual offender laws—once designed as an alternative to forced sterilization. Today, these laws still drive #MassIncarceration in 49 states.
Read the @SentencingProj report & more
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NEW PODCAST!!
Cheryl speaks w/ Celeste Barry, Program Associate (@SentencingProj), and Jose Saldana, Director (@RAPPcampaign), about characteristics of people serving life sentences in the U.S., efforts to change sentencing laws, and more.
LISTEN HERE: rebrand.ly/3oyajxe
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"If high levels of incarceration were an effective public safety strategy, the United States would be the safest country in the world," said Celeste Barry of @SentencingProj.
PA ranks 3rd in the US for # of people sentenced to Death by Incarceration.
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We discuss the impact of Trump's executive orders and funding threats on the criminal justice system and racial justice programs, and where we can push back w/ Liz Komar, The Sentencing Project, @sentencingproj.
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Yesterday was #CommunitiesNotCages' biggest advocacy day YET! 500+ New Yorkers took to the Capitol to march the halls, rally and meet with lawmakers to demand an end to racist and unjust sentencing laws and to bring our loved ones home.
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How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration.’ The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb, even as the overall prison population declines. themarshallproject.org/2025/… @MarshallProj @caryaspinwall @SentencingProj @PrisonPolicy
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RIGHT NOW: Over 500 of us are rallying in Albany to demand #CommunitiesNotCages.
We need to pass the Second Look Act, Earned Time Act, Marvin Mayfield Act.
New York's racist and unjust sentencing laws have devastated communities across New York. Now is the time for change!
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“There’s a lack of awareness that there can be a future for a closed prison beyond incarceration, a lack of imagination about what a closed prison site can be transformed into." - Nicole Porter, @SentencingProj
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#CAbudget #CloseCAPrisons #CareNotCages
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TUESDAY: There's still time to join us. Join #CommunitiesNotCages for our FIRST 2025 advocacy day on February 4. We've got a blow-out day with a rally, press conference, meetings with lawmakers, music, and creative actions - and we need you there! RSVP here: bit.ly/CNCFeb4
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1 in 6 people in prison – nearly 200,000 people nationwide – are serving life sentences.
Read this 50-state report from @SentencingProj that dives into the implications of life sentences nationwide & how they aren't effective public safety solutions.
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MUST READ: In a moving op-ed in the @NYLawJournal , New York Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas shares his personal experience as both a judge and a young person growing up in NYC to call for the passage of the Second Look Act. Read: bit.ly/JudgeZayas #CommunitiesNotCages(1/7)
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On today's #CloserLookWABE with @WABERoseScott: 1 in 6 people incarcerated in the U.S. are serving life sentences. @SentencingProj shares their policy recommendations to address "excessive punishment." Listen at 12pm & 8pm EST on @WABENews & WABE.org #prison
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1/ Nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. are serving life or de facto life sentences—1 in 6 people in prison nationwide—according to @SentencingProj’s latest report. Extreme sentences like life without parole (LWOP) have risen 68% since 2003.
NEW: Our latest report — a comprehensive 50-state "lifer census" — reveals alarming data on long-term imprisonment and examines the prevalence and implications of life sentences across the country. bit.ly/4gMO5kk
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A new report by the @SentencingProj documents the continuing increase in the number of people serving death-in-prison sentences in the United States. Read A Matter of Life: The Scope and Impact of Life and Long Term Imprisonment in the United States. sentencingproject.org/app/up…
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Here's a look at the state of play for Pennsylvania lifers, per @SentencingProj's latest report @axios axios.com/local/philadelphia…
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.@NazgolG (@SentencingProj) recently joined @heffnera (@OpenMindTV) to discuss mass incarceration data, effective prisoner reforms, and more. #PrisonReform
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Our children suffer greatly when news outlets sensationalize youth crime. @SentencingProj examines how Baltimore's youth are misrepresented in media across local outlets, leading to incredibly harmful backslides in youth justice policy and perception.
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Your #GivingTuesday donation helps us promote youth justice, end extreme sentences, and expand voting rights. Join us in our fight for a more fair and equitable criminal legal system by making a gift today: bit.ly/3ODQHV6
ALT Promotional banner for Giving Tuesday by The Sentencing Project, featuring a crowd raising their hands with a call to action to help end mass incarceration and a 'Donate Now' button. Donations are tripled.
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Second Look Legislation will make Michigan demonstrably safer, it will make Michigan prisons safer for both correctional officers and incarcerated people
Kudos to @KaraHope74 and the House CJ Committee for passing 2nd Look today!
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