{"id":8466,"date":"2019-03-19T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T13:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/?p=8466"},"modified":"2020-06-01T14:03:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:03:37","slug":"whole-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/19\/whole-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"New report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019, provides annual “big picture” view of confinement in the U.S. with 7 new infographics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easthampton, Mass.<\/i><\/b> – Are there 1.3 million people incarcerated in the U.S., or is it actually closer to 2.3 million? Why – and where – are these millions of Americans behind bars? The country’s fragmented systems of confinement make answering basic questions about mass incarceration unnecessarily difficult. With this year’s updated edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie<\/i><\/a>, we answer these essential questions with the most recent data, highlighting causes of incarceration that get too little attention as well as incarceration “myths” that receive too much.<\/p>\n

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The publication of the new report caps a year-long effort to update the public on the major drivers of incarceration – state prisons and local jails – as well as confined populations too often overlooked, such as people in post-release “civil commitment centers” and undocumented immigrants in detention.<\/p>\n

“With such high public support for criminal justice reform, it’s urgent that we have a clear picture of who is locked up and where,” said author Wendy Sawyer. “For instance, many people don’t realize how much of mass incarceration is local. But one in four incarcerated people – and one in four ICE detainees – are held in local jails controlled by county sheriffs.”<\/p>\n

The report’s other key findings include:<\/p>\n