The Lives of Juvenile Lifers: Findings from a National Survey

The Sentencing Project has produced a new report: The Lives of Juvenile Lifers. The report investigates the life experiences of individuals serving sentences of life without parole for offenses committed as juveniles, and presents findings from the first-ever national survey of this population.

See:
The Lives of Juvenile Lifers: Findings from a National Survey, by Ashley Nellis (The Sentencing Project, March 2012)
Study: More Black Juveniles Sentenced to Life Without Parole, by Lewis Beale (Miller-McCune, 1 March 2012)
Report Looks at Lives of Inmates Sentenced to Life Without Parole as Juveniles, by Ryan Schill (Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 1 March 2012)

The Sentencing Project releases national report: 1 in 11 prisoners are serving life sentences

More prisoners today are serving life terms than ever before — 140,610 out of 2.3 million inmates being held in jails and prisons across the country — under tough mandatory minimum-sentencing laws and the declining use of parole for eligible convicts, according to No Exit: The Expanding Use of Life Sentences in America, a report by The Sentencing Project, a group that calls for the elimination of life sentences without parole.

The authors of the report, Ashley Nellis, Ph.D., research analyst and Ryan S. King, policy analyst of The Sentencing Project, state that persons serving life sentences "include those who present a serious threat to public safety, but also include those for whom the length of sentence is questionable."

The full report and links to Press articles can be found here.