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.
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Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Can you help us sustain this work?
Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics' Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016 data analyzed by the Prison Policy Initiative & U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2016 Annual Social and Economic Supplement Table 1. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)
This graph originally appeared in Beyond the Count: A deep dive into state prison populations.
The underlying data for this graphic can be found in the report’s appendix tables.
