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: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer (2019 table "Female Arrests by Age") and Vera Institute of Justice, Overlooked: Women in Jails in an Era of Reform. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2021)
This graph originally appeared in Prisons and jails will separate millions of mothers from their children in 2021.
Estimates have been rounded for this graphic.
