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NEW Report: “High Cost, Low Return: Mississippi’s Ongoing Incarceration Crisis” Makes Case for More Meaningful Reforms

New Brief Details How Mississippi’s High Incarceration Rate Hurts Families & State’s Economy, Highlights Urgent Need for Reforms  JACKSON, MS – Today, FWD.us released “High Cost, Low Return,” a new report highlighting what is driving Mississippi’s highest-in-the-nation imprisonment rate. In fact, Mississippi’s prison population has grown a staggering 396%… Read More

Oklahoma Unfairly Punishes Mothers and Children

The Oklahoma child abuse and neglect statute is not protecting children and is instead criminalizing survivors of domestic violence and mothers living in poverty OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Oklahoma led the country in women’s imprisonment for nearly three decades and even after recent reforms it still has the second-highest women’s imprisonment… Read More