The Political Report

The Appeal: Political Report is an editorial project founded in 2018 that probes the local politics of mass incarceration and criminal justice reform. Prosecutors, sheriffs, lawmakers, judges, and other state and local officials have immense power over the criminal legal system and law enforcement, and the political pushback of recent years has upended expectations of what these institutions could be doing. With an eye to providing comprehensive resources to follow these ongoing transformations, the Political Report highlights often-overlooked but highly consequential local elections, the political organizing around key issues tied to criminal justice and adjacent systems, legislative developments, and decisions implemented by prosecutors and other local officials. Source