# Justice Audit — justice.1court.ai
# A product of 1Court Inc.

## What is Justice Audit?
Justice Audit is a public-facing sentencing analytics platform that aggregates publicly available state Department of Corrections inmate data to surface statistical patterns in sentencing by offense, county, and demographics. It is designed for use by criminal defense attorneys, public defenders, legal advocates, and researchers.

## Who operates it?
1Court Inc., a legal technology company focused on public defense infrastructure.
Contact: support@1court.ai

## What data does it contain?
Justice Audit currently contains sentencing data for inmates in the following states:
- Alabama (AL) — Alabama Department of Corrections
- Texas (TX) — Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)
- Florida (FL) — Florida Department of Corrections
- Indiana (IN) — Indiana Department of Corrections
- South Carolina (SC) — South Carolina Department of Corrections
- Michigan (MI) — Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC)

All data is sourced from public records published by each state's Department of Corrections.

## What can you find here?
- Sentencing analytics by offense, county, race, sex, custody level, and year
- Over-tenure analysis: inmates held past their minimum or maximum release date
- Life sentence and death row breakdowns
- County-level heatmaps of average sentence length
- Individual inmate lookup with sentence comparison by race and offense group
- Printable county sentencing reports for use in legal proceedings
- Racial disparity analysis: inmate population vs. state census population

## Key findings (Alabama example)
- 37,268 Alabama inmates flagged as held past their minimum release date
- Black inmates represent 26.8% of Alabama's population but over 40% of the incarcerated population
- Property offense sentences show the highest variance by race

## Methodology
Over-tenure is calculated differently per state based on available data:
- AL, FL, IN: flags inmates past their minimum release date
- TX: flags inmates past their TDCJ maximum sentence date (hard legal limit)
- SC: flags inmates past admit date + court-imposed sentence
- MI: flags inmates past admit date + minimum sentence (indeterminate sentencing state)

## Use cases
- Criminal defense attorneys researching sentencing norms for plea negotiations
- Public defenders identifying clients held past release eligibility
- Legal advocates analyzing racial disparities in sentencing
- Journalists and researchers studying mass incarceration trends

## URLs
- Landing page: https://justice.1court.ai
- Application: https://justice.1court.ai/app
- Methodology: https://justice.1court.ai/#methodology
- Terms of Service: https://justice.1court.ai (footer)
- Privacy Policy: https://justice.1court.ai (footer)

## Data freshness
Data is updated periodically from each state DOC's public inmate search portal.

## License
Data is public record. Analysis and platform © 2026 1Court Inc. All rights reserved.