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Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Inmate Survey 2011-12 (for jails), Survey of Prison Inmates 2016 (for prisons), and SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2-year restricted used 2016-17 dataset (all others). (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2026)
This graph originally appeared in Updated data and charts: Women’s incarceration, national prison population counts, psychological distress behind bars, and more.
