New Jersey profile
Change over time
Also see these New Jersey 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, Hispanics, and Blacks in New Jersey prisons and jails.
The big picture
Our other articles about New Jersey
- New Jersey legislation aims to protect in-person visits from video visitation by Bernadette Rabuy, December 22, 2016
- New Contract for NJ, phone rates under 5 cents per minute coming soon! by New Jersey Phone Justice, April 8, 2015
- Ending prison gerrymandering in New Jersey campaign and resource page
- How does the New Jersey incarceration rate measure up in the global context?
Other resources
- Research on New Jersey 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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