Maine profile
The graphs on this page are from our 50 State Incarceration Profiles.
Over time
You can also see the same graph expressed as numbers rather than as rates per 100,000.
Racial disparities
See also our detailed graphs about Whites, Blacks, and American Indians/Native Americans in Maine prisons and jails.
The big picture
Other research and materials on Maine
- Prison-based gerrymandering costs Maine 8th graders local schooling, by Peter Wagner, Prison Gerrymandering Blog, February 15, 2011
- Phantom Constituents in Maine’s Regional School Unit 13: How the Census Bureau’s outdated method of counting prisoners harms democracy, by Peter Wagner, January 15, 2009
- How does the Maine incarceration rate measure up in the global context?
- Prison Policy Initiative Research Clearinghouse reports about Maine
Recommended Reading:
Prison Gerrymandering Project
We are leading the movement to protect our democracy from the Census Bureau's prison miscount.
Research Clearinghouse
We curate a searchable database of 2,500+ original research reports, organizing each entry by topic and adding brief summaries.
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie
Our report that shows the number of people who are locked up in all of the different types of facilities and why they are there.
Breaking Down Mass Incarceration in the 2010 Census:
State-by-State Incarceration Rates by Race/Ethnicity
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