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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.
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Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Suicide in Local Jails and State and Federal Prisons, 2000–2019 – Statistical Tables. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2024)
This graph originally appeared in Research roundup: Evidence that a single day in jail causes immediate and long-lasting harms.
