“We dedicate this report to the thousands of incarcerated people who have spent, and continue to spend, decades of their lives suffering behind bars.1 To achieve true, transformative justice, and collective safety for all, we must create a system that not only holds people accountable for the harms they commit, but also gives them a meaningful chance to make a better way for themselves. Until then.”
— 2025 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION