Chart showing responses from a 2022 survey of violent crime victims. 75% prefer holding people accountable through options beyond imprisonment. 80% prefer investing more in mental health treatment instead of in prisons and jails. 72% prefer offering incentives for pre-release rehabilitation, like time credits toward earlier release, over requiring completion of the full sentence. 71% prefer reducing jail populations through pretrial release, diversion, community service, or treatment programs.

Data Source: Alliance on Safety and Justice, Crime Survivors Speak 2022: National Survey on Victims' Views on Safety and Justice. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025.

This graphic is an updated version of one we made for our report Reforms without Results.

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