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: Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2016. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2020)
This graph originally appeared in New BJS report reveals staggering number of preventable deaths in local jails.
This graph shows that suicide has been the leading cause of death in jails from 2000-2016
