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Bookmark or Share- Top Trends in Criminal Legal Reform, 2024 – The Sentencing ProjectNamed a "New Civil Rights Leader" by Essence Magazine for her work to challenge mass incarceration, Nicole D. Porter manages The Sentencing Project’s state and local advocacy efforts on sentencing reform, voting rights, and confronting racial disparities in the criminal legal system. Read more about Nicole
- The First Step Act: Ending Mass Incarceration in Federal PrisonsIn 2018, Congress passed and then-President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan First Step Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform bill designed to promote rehabilitation, lower recidivism, and reduce excessive sentences in the federal prison system.
- Guidelines - United States Sentencing CommissionIn this section, you will find a comprehensive collection of research and data reports published on sentencing issues and other areas of federal crime. The Commission establishes sentencing policies and practices for the federal courts.
- Sentencing Reform – The Sentencing ProjectThis brief describes why reforms included in the First Step Act have been deemed necessary to advance a fairer federal sentencing system and reduce the size of the federal prison population. By Ashley Nellis, Ph.D. and Liz Komar on August 22, 2023
- Sentencing Reform - American Civil Liberties UnionSince 2016, we’ve seen wins in states across the political spectrum including Delaware, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Utah focused on eliminating mandatory minimums, raising the felony thresholds on some offenses, and reducing sentencing enhancements for repeat offenses.
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