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Sentencing Project retracts reported number of disenfranchised Mississippians
Editor's note: This information has been updated in three previously published stories on disenfranchisement that were previously published in the Clarion Ledger and the Hattiesburg American to ...
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The Sentencing Project urges DC Council to appoint formerly incarcerated man to Sentencing Commission
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Sentencing Project released a statement on Monday urging the DC Council to appoint a formerly incarcerated person as a member of D.C.’s Sentencing Commission.
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Missouri is disenfranchising Black voters at double the rate, with 'real consequences for elections'
A new report estimates that 1.7% of Missourians over 18 can’t vote because they have felony convictions. That rate is more than twice as high for Black Missourians, who are also disproportionately ...
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UCLA-led team finds 2 million convicted felons have the right to vote, but they might not know it
Now, they are asking a critical question: Has anyone told them? According to data from The Sentencing Project analyzed by the coalition of researchers from UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley School of ...
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The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States
This report was written by Jamie Fellner, associate counsel of Human Rights Watch and Marc Mauer, assistant director of The Sentencing Project. Paul Hirschfield, a research associate of The ...