Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025 | Prison Policy Initiative

The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why – 2025.
— Read on www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2025.html

Seattle federal monitor’s communications with police raise questions over impartial oversight

This is an interesting article on the “inside” discussions that take place with police monitoring and reform.

Messages obtained by Prism reveal backchannel coordination with the Seattle Police Department about policing tactics and budgeting
— Read on prismreports.org/2025/03/10/seattle-police-federal-monitor-antonio-oftelie/

Milwaukee County: Gaps in tracking of cops with credibility issues

An inconsistent, incomplete Brady list troubles defense attorneys and advocates for law enforcement officers.
— Read on wisconsinwatch.org/2025/03/wisconsin-milwaukee-brady-list-police-officers-credibility-law-enforcement/

Radical Civil Service Reform Is Not Radical | Manhattan Institute

For decades politicians and commentators have bemoaned the state of the federal civil service. There are widespread complaints that the system fails to reward good performers and punish bad ones and that it does not nimbly respond to social needs. President Donald Trump’s and the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to dismiss federal employees and […]
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/radical-civil-service-reform-is-not-radical-lessons-for-the-federal-government-from-the-states

First Look at the How Many Stops Act Data – Data Collaborative for Justice

First Look at the How Many Stops Act Data – Data Collaborative for Justice
— Read on datacollaborativeforjustice.org/work/policing/first-look-at-the-how-many-stops-act-data/

Police Oversight, Accountability Face Shifting Perspectives | The Marshall Project

The future of police accountability remains uncertain as misconduct persists and focus shifts from reforms.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2025/03/01/law-and-disorder-police-oversight-and-training-confront-a-changing-landscape

Report: US Police Killed Someone Every 6.5 Hours on Average in 2024 | Truthout

Police killings hit a record high last year, with Black and Indigenous people disproportionately targeted.

Interesting REPORT also found as a link in the article.
— Read on truthout.org/articles/report-us-police-killed-someone-every-6-5-hours-on-average-in-2024/

Certainty as a foundation for justice – Niskanen Center

Certainty of punishment is not only a tool of deterrence but a structural necessity for an effective justice system. When consequences are clear and predictable, many offenders avoid crime, while those who persist reveal themselves to need more intensive responses.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/certainty-as-a-foundation-for-justice/

Legitimacy Policing In Depth | RAND

Law enforcement officers are more effectively able to carry out their duties and responsibilities if they are perceived as having legitimate authority by the citizenry that they serve. Members of the community are more likely to follow the law (Tyler, 2006; Jackson et al., 2012) and to cooperate with police (Tyler and Fagan, 2008) when they believe that the laws, and the officers enforcing them, are legitimate. Improving relations with the community not only improves legitimacy; it is also a core objective of policing in its own right, as identified by panels of subject-matter experts on policing (Hollywood et al., 2015, pp. 12–13; Hollywood et al., 2017, pp. 36–37).
— Read on www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL261/better-policing-toolkit/all-strategies/legitimacy-policing/in-depth.html