Missouri profile
Change over time
Also see these Missouri graphs:
- total numbers rather than rates.
- Women’s prisons: Incarceration Rates | Total Population
- Men’s prisons: Incarceration Rates | Total Population
Racial disparities
See also our detailed graphs about Whites and Blacks in Missouri prisons and jails.
The big picture
Our other articles about Missouri
Prison Populations Create Complications at Redistricting Time, by Peter Wagner, Missouri Municipal Review, January 2012- Local governments still struggling with Census' prison counts, by Aleks Kajstura, Prison Gerrymandering Blog, December 30, 2011
- One person, two votes in Pacific, Missouri?, by Peter Wagner, Prison Gerrymandering Blog, October 13, 2011
- How does the Missouri incarceration rate measure up in the global context?
Other resources
- Research on Missouri in our Research Clearinghouse
Events
- May 15, 2018:
Our Policy Analyst Lucius Couloute will be at the LEDA Summit on Race and Inclusion in Holland, Michigan, presenting his research on the challenges and disadvantages people face when they are released from prison. Tickets are available on LEDA’s website.
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