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: 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.
