Graph showing the portion of incarcerated people covered by court orders in jails and prisons.

Data Source: Margo Schlanger, Incidence of court orders, Local jails and state prisons, 1983-2006, Table F, https://incarcerationlaw.com/resources/data-update/#TableF. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer and Andrea Fenster, 2021)

This graph originally appeared in Slamming the Courthouse Door: 25 years of evidence for repealing the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

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