The Prison Policy Initiative is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that produces research and advocacy on mass incarceration, over-criminalization, and criminal justice reform. It is known for data analysis, reports, and campaigns such as prison gerrymandering reform and efforts to reduce the harms of incarceration.
Criminal justice reform, prison and jail conditions, sentencing and incarceration policy, prison gerrymandering, family communication and prison fees, jail expansion opposition, racial disparities in the criminal legal system, and broader anti-mass-incarceration policy work.
Primarily supported by philanthropic donations and tax-deductible gifts from individuals and foundations; it states that it does not receive government funding.
Founded by Peter Wagner; staff leadership includes Aleks Kajstura, Wendy Sawyer, Sarah Staudt, and other criminal justice policy researchers and advocates.
Non-profit (501(c)(3))
