HELP US END MASS INCARCERATION
The Prison Policy Initiative uses research, advocacy, and organizing to dismantle mass incarceration. We’ve been in this movement for 23 years, thanks to individual donors like you.
Can you help us sustain this work?
Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Can you help us sustain this work?
Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Data Source: Data collected by the NYU Public Safety Lab Jail Data Initiative and analyzed by the Prison Policy Initiative. (Graph: Emily Widra and Peter Wagner,, 2020)
This graph originally appeared in Jails and prisons have reduced their populations in the face of the pandemic, but not enough to save lives.
