From The Marshall Project:
When it comes to key criminal justice issues, how much do the views of the general public reflect those of the incarcerated? The Marshall Project and Slate’s latest political survey of the incarcerated revealed critical differences between the general public and people behind bars when it comes to issues such as #DefundThePolice and the Black Lives Matter movement. And a new survey conducted by students at Cornell University in conjunction with NORC at The University of Chicago reveals wide gaps between the general public and incarcerated people, as well as a few areas of agreement.
The Marshall Project partnered with Slate to conduct the first-of-its-kind political survey of people in prisons and jails around the country. Read more about what interventions they say might have kept them from landing behind bars and excerpts from the responses.
Coronavirus is still surging in prisons and jails. By the end of October, the number of new coronavirus cases soared among prisoners, reaching its second-highest level since the beginning of the pandemic. Some states have attempted to curb rising infection rates by letting some people out early. These early releases have tended to favor people convicted of nonviolent crimes. In October, the Cornell students asked a representative sample of the general public—more than 1,150 people across the country—for their opinions on a range of criminal justice and other issues. The poll also included two questions from The Marshall Project’s latest survey of the incarcerated. When asked who would have the best chance at success if released early from prison, 70 percent of the general public said nonviolent offenders, according to the Cornell/NORC poll. Yet decades of research on recidivism shows just the opposite. Continue reading >>>
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