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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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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. (Graph: Leah Wang, 2022)
This graph originally appeared in The state prison experience: Too much drudgery, not enough opportunity.
Note that not all reasons are displayed, and respondents could give multiple reasons; therefore, categories do not add up to 100%.
