Our country locks up too many people for too long. Make no mistake: mass incarceration and the racial and economic disparities it drives continue to shape America for the worse.

But for the past 15 years, red, blue, and purple jurisdictions across the country have enacted smart reforms to safely reduce incarceration and expand opportunities for the people and families impacted by it. These places have seen higher reductions in crime than states that have not.

Our team has been a part of that change, working in places with some of the highest rates of incarceration—from Mississippi to Arizona to the federal prison system—to advance data-driven policies that show we can have more safety and more justice.