Criminal Justice, Reentry & Second Chances

The Numbers Have Names

Incarceration affects millions of Americans and their families, with documented racial disparities that remain substantial even as the overall prison population has declined from its peak. No Man Behind collects dated research, public data, and practical information about reentry and second chances.

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Selected Published Findings

Criminal Justice by the Numbers

Each figure below includes the year of the underlying research so older findings are not presented as current measurements.

113M

U.S. adults estimated to have had an immediate family member incarcerated — FWD.us/Cornell, 2018

5.5x

Black men imprisoned at the rate of white men — 2021 data summarized by The Sentencing Project

24%

Decline in the U.S. prison population from its 2009 peak to 2022 — The Sentencing Project

1 in 5

Estimated lifetime imprisonment risk for Black men born in 2001 — research summarized in 2024

FWD.us/Cornell · The Sentencing Project · 2024 report

About the Initiative

Data, Rights, and Reentry

No Man Behind is the public-facing name used by the SPJ Criminal Justice Reform Initiative for material about incarceration, reentry, record sealing, voting-rights restoration, and second chances.

Sean P. Jackson is associated with the initiative and has connected his own experience with the federal justice system to its focus on reentry and second chances.

About Sean P. Jackson

Learn how Sean P. Jackson's public record and experience with the federal justice system connect to the initiative's focus on reentry and second chances.

Meet the Founder

The Work

What We Publish

Dated Data

Published criminal-justice research and public data with sources and dates.

Rights Guides

Plain-language guides on Florida record sealing, voting-rights restoration, and reentry.

Public Record

Links to public records, research, and source material.

No one should be reduced to the worst chapter of their life.

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