Editing The Sentencing Project (section)

== Research ==
In 2016, The Sentencing Project was active in the national debate about racial and ethnic disparities in arrests, sentencing and incarceration, and has monitored and reported on the denial of [[Suffrage|voting rights]] to individuals with felony convictions. It consistently criticises what it considers the ineffectiveness and excessive public expense associated with mass incarceration and extended prison terms.

In 2016, the organisation produced a state-by-state breakdown on the [[Disfranchisement|disenfranchisement]] of citizens convicted of [[Felony|felonies]] entitled ''Six Million Lost Voters''. It documented 6.1 million potential voters, including more than 4 million who had long since completed their sentences, unable to participate because of state laws disenfranchising them. [[Florida]], a perennial swing state, led the country with 1.5 million people convicted of felonies who could not vote. <ref>{{Cite web |title=6 Million Lost Voters: State-Level Estimates of Felony Disenfranchisement, 2016 |url=https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/6-million-lost-voters-state-level-estimates-felony-disenfranchisement-2016/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=The Sentencing Project |language=en-US}}</ref>

In recent years, The Sentencing Project has published reports and research on [[Mandatory sentencing|mandatory minimum sentences]] and their impact on [[judicial discretion]]; the increased reliance in the courts on [[Life imprisonment|life sentences]], often without opportunities for [[parole]]; prison closures and repurposing; the impact of racial perceptions in criminal justice policy; the [[war on drugs]] and its collateral consequences; [[Juvenile court|juvenile justice]] issues; [[Incarceration of women|women in prison]]; the children of prisoners and the long-term social impact of mass incarceration policies.<ref>[http://nicic.gov/library/025906 To Build a Better Criminal Justice System: 25 Experts Envision the Next 25 Years of Reform]
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