Pie chart showing that 80 percent of all confined youth are held in the most restrictive types of facilities: adult prisons and jails, juvenile detention centers, long-term secure facilities, and reception/diagnostic centers

Data Source: See the report's data notes. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2025.



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