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
a chart showing the rise in prison deaths has greatly outpaced the growth of the prison population since 2000

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2018, Table 1 and Appendix Table 1. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2021)

This graph originally appeared in New data: State prisons are increasingly deadly places.



Stay Informed


Get the latest updates:



Share on 𝕏 Donate