bar chart showing that unhoused people account for 4.5% of jail bookings, but 20% of bookings with trespassing top charges

Data Source: Jail Data Initiative. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in Jailing the homeless: New data shed light on unhoused people in local jails.



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