Chart showing that almost 88,000 people are confined for immigration reasons, with 7,000 in Bureau of Prisons custody on criminal immigration charges, 10,000 in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service on criminal immigraton charges, and 69,000 in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on civil detention. About 8% of those in ICE custody are in ICE or other federal facilities, about 61% are confined under contract with private prisons, about 22% are in local jails, 3% in state facilities contracted by ICE, and 5% are in unspecified other facilities. Graph is based on data as of January 7, 2026.

Data Source: See the Data sources & methodology section of the full Whole Pie report. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer & Peter Wagner, 2026)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2026.

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