Data Source: Prison population data for 41 states and Federal Bureau of Prisons collected by Vera Institute of Justice. Jail population changes from January/February 2020 to May 2020 for over 600 county jails collected by NYU Public Safety Lab Jail Data Initiative, as of May 13, 2020.. (Graph: Emily Widra & Peter Wagner, 2020)
This graph originally appeared in While jails drastically cut populations, state prisons have released almost no one.
Events
- September 14, 2024:
Our advocacy department will host a workshop at the MacArthur Justice Center’s Realizing Releases convening. The workshop will provide strategies for investigating state parole systems.
Register for the convening here. - September 18, 2024:
Senior Research Analyst Emily Widra will join a panel discussion hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School about the health inequities people in the criminal legal system face. The webinar starts at 4:30 pm ET.
Learn more and register for the webinar here.
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