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: For sources and data notes, see the methodology. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner, 2024)
This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024.
The United States locks up more people, per capita, at the staggering rate of 583 per 100,000 residents. But to end mass incarceration, we must first consider where and why 1.9 million people are confined nationwide.
