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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Thank you,
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;
Olfson, Mark et al., Trends in Serious Psychological Distress and Outpatient Mental Health Care of US Adults, JAMA Psychiatry 76(2): 152-61;
Treatment Advocacy Center, 2016 Prevalence of Treated and Untreated Severe Mental Illness by State;
National Institute of Mental Health, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Statistics. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)
This graph originally appeared in Chronic Punishment: The unmet health needs of people in state prisons.
