Major Advocacy Organizations
The reports of advocacy organizations will often include, as evidence, profiles of individuals, case studies, stories, and statistics. They can be great sources for proposed solutions, too, if you're arguing normatively -- i.e. on what should be done.
- ACLU Prisoner's Rights
- CSG Justice Center (The Center for State Governments)
- End Mass Incarceration (Brennan Center for Justice, NYU)
- Links to Criminal Justice Organizations from Prison Legal News (Human Rights Defense Center)
- The Marshall Project (nonprofit journalism on criminal justice)
- Prison Policy Initiative
- The Sentencing Project
- Vera Institute of Justice (mass incarceration, poverty immigration, and fair justice)