Organizations


Overcriminalized.com
Provides legislative updates, and scholarly research on criminal sentencing.

Urban Institute
Offers research and information on a broad range of criminal justice issues, including sentencing practices.

The Sentencing Project
Focuses on sentencing policies and their implications through extensive research. 

Vera Institute of Justice
Works to make justice systems fairer and more effective through research and innovation.

Constitution Project
Fosters collaboration amongst criminal justice professionals to develop sentencing systems that proect public safety and protect constitutional rights of defendants. 

Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Works for fair and proportionate sentencing laws through education and advocacy.

Justice Policy Institute
Pursues an end to society's reliance on incarceration through research and reporting on needed reforms in drug policy.

Open Society Policy Center
Promotes drug sentencing reform.

United States Sentencing Commission
Establishes sentencing policies and practices for federal courts, advises and assists Congress and the executive branch in the development of effective and efficient crime policy, and conducts research on criminal justice issues.