The Right Investment?
Corrections Spending in Baltimore City
February 2015
by the Justice Policy Institute and the Prison Policy Initiative
Report (print/PDF version)
Press Release
Executive summary
Appendices
The number of incarcerated people from each:
- City of Baltimore:
- Community Statistical Areas
- Detailed indicator data on Community Statistical Areas from the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
- Baltimore City Council Districts
- Maryland:
Community fact sheets interactive map
- Allendale/Irvington/S. Hilton
- Beechfield/Ten Hills/West Hills
- Belair-Edison
- Brooklyn/Curtis Bay/Hawkins Point
- Canton
- Cedonia/Frankford
- Cherry Hill
- Chinquapin Park/Belvedere
- Claremont/Armistead
- Clifton-Berea
- Cross-Country/Cheswolde
- Dickeyville/Franklintown
- Dorchester/Ashburton
- Downtown/Seton Hill
- Edmondson Village
- Fells Point
- Forest Park/Walbrook
- Glen-Fallstaff
- Greater Charles Village/Barclay
- Greater Govans
- Greater Mondawmin
- Greater Roland Park/Poplar Hill
- Greater Rosemont
- Greenmount East
- Hamilton
- Harbor East/Little Italy
- Harford/Echodale
- Highlandtown
- Howard Park/West Arlington
- Inner Harbor/Federal Hill
- Lauraville
- Loch Raven
- Madison/East End
- Medfield/Hampden/Woodberry/Remington
- Midtown
- Midway/Coldstream
- Morrell Park/Violetville
- Mount Washington/Coldspring
- North Baltimore/Guilford/Homeland
- Northwood
- Oldtown/Middle East
- Orangeville/East Highlandtown
- Patterson Park North & East
- Penn North/Reservoir Hill
- Pimlico/Arlington/Hilltop
- Poppleton/The Terraces/Hollins Market
- Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park
- South Baltimore
- Southeastern
- Southern Park Heights
- Southwest Baltimore
- The Waverlies
- Upton/Druid Heights
- Washington Village/Pigtown
- Westport/Mount Winans/Lakeland
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