Learn more about new polling from Vera.
In an era of broad speculation about a growing urban/rural divide, new polling from Vera shows general consensus between rural America, small cities and major metropolitan areas regarding justice reform, pathways to safety, and public spending priorities.
Meet the advocates, researchers and organizers driving change.
Vera is investing in 16 community organizations in 7 states, working on 11 diverse projects crafted to meet specific local challenges and issues related to incarceration and criminal justice.
Download Vera’s county-level jail and prison dataset.
Vera’s uniquely detailed historical dataset of incarceration in local jails and state prisons was developed to explore the use of incarceration at the county level. The dataset, which is visualized using the Incarceration Trends data tool, was sourced from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics; federal, state, and local agencies; and other researchers and agencies.
New scholarship about incarceration.
There is relatively little research on incarceration that draws on local-level data. To foster new scholarship, the Vera Institute of Justice convened a symposium that hosted a multidisciplinary group of researchers to share their work.
Connect with us to help make change.
We have launched this expansive initiative with the generous support of Google.org to better understand what is driving incarceration in smaller cities, towns and rural areas. Learn more about our critical work and connect with us to help make change.