Chart showing that while hepatitis C treatment can cure more than 90 percent of cases, 80 percent of people in state prisons still have it

Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Survey of Prison Inmates 2016 data analyzed by the Prison Policy Initiative and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-2020 Hepatitis C Treatment Estimates. (Graph: Leah Wang, 2022)

This graph originally appeared in Chronic Punishment: The unmet health needs of people in state prisons.

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