Holding the criminal justice system accountable, one case at a time.

The Preventable Crime Project exposes soft on crime prosecutors and lenient judges, pushes for sentencing and parole reform at the state and federal level, and demands a system where consequences actually match the crime.

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State and federal policy, tracked and sourced

An interactive map and directory of enacted criminal justice policy across all fifty states, plus federal sentencing guidelines, pending legislation, and blueprints for a safer tomorrow.

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A defined set of sentencing and accountability criteria for all fifty states plus the federal system, sourced from the actual statute or bill text.

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Active data collection underway in California, New York, and Massachusetts.

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Model policy language, state rankings, and other findings sent regularly to relevant public offices, regardless of party, so the people writing sentencing policy are working from the same record we are.

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