1. 2005 New York State Statistical Yearbook (external link) Abstract: This site provides hundreds of easily searchable tables of data to download with statistics about New York State. Some topics include business, employment, criminal justice, housing, education, health, agriculture, and general demographics. Resource Type: Website
3. Confronting Confinement: A Report of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons (external link) Abstract: The Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons held public hearings and met for over a year. This is there official report which looks at the conditions in confinement (violence, health care, etc)., as well as a lot of data, and recommendations for changes that need to be made. Resource Type: Article
6. Poverty and Race Research Action Council (external link) Abstract: PRACC's mission is to generate, gather, and disseminate information on the relationship between race and poverty. The website contains original articles, publications for download, links to other sites, and an online copy of their monthly newsletter. Resource Type: Website
7. The Sentencing Project (external link) Abstract: promotes reduced reliance on incarceration and increased use of more effective and humane alternatives to deal with crime. It is a nationally recognized source of criminal justice policy analysis, data, and program information. Its reports, publications, and staff are relied upon by the public, policymakers and the media. Resource Type: Website
8. Trends in U.S. Correctional Populations (external link) Abstract: Data and charts over the past 10 - 15 years on the U.S. Correctional populations. Data is sorted by race, type of incarceration, gender, etc. Resource Type: Data
