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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: Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2018, Table 6 (percent of deaths within one month) and Table 11 (median time served before death). (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2021)
This graph originally appeared in Rise in jail deaths is especially troubling as jail populations become more rural and more female.
