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Prisonsucks is a clearinghouse for useful, verifiable statistics about the crime control industry. Too often prison activists use statistics that are out of date, provided without citation or simply wrong. One of these days the public will start listening to prison activists, so lets be prepared to win without being sidetracked by arguments over defective statistics. In some cases, the numbers we need dont exist. In others, the facts exist but activists dont know where to find them. Now you do. Start at prisonsucks.The site was founded in February 2001 as a private tool to keep track of prison research superior to a stack of news clippings. In December of that year the site was picked up by the Prison Policy Initiative and considerably expanded.The site has relatively comprehensive links to quality research, factsheets, books and other resources for researchers and activists.This site doesnt have much in the way of links to important news events and activist organizations. Why? Its too much work and its already being done very well by others. However, you can add your own links to our links page, or use these great resources elsewhere:

 

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