Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics series Jails in Indian Country, 2000-2018, Jail Inmates at Midyear 2013, and Jail Inmates 2019. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2021)
This graph originally appeared in The U.S. criminal justice system disproportionately hurts Native people: the data, visualized.
Events
- October 11-13, 2024:
Prison Policy Initiative’s Advocacy Department (Sarah Staudt and Emmett Sanders) will be at the Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People, and Families Movement (FICPFM) conference in Detroit, Michigan from Friday, October 11th to Sunday, October 13. If you’re going to be there, contact us if you’d like to meet up and talk about how Prison Policy Initiative might be able to support your state and local activism to change the criminal legal system!
Not near you?
Invite us to your city, college or organization.