bar chart showing number of state and federal prison systems, including DC, with each category of rule violations

Data Source: Prison Policy Initiative survey and analysis of disciplinary policies for all fifty state prison systems, the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, and the federal Bureau of Prisons. (Graph: Emily Widra, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in Menstruation as misconduct: How prisons punish people for having their periods.

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