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Change over time

Also see these Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island prisons and jails.

The big picture

Our other articles about Rhode Island

• Ending prison gerrymandering in Rhode Island campaign and resource page
• Why end prison gerrymandering? Rhode Island Judiciary Committee hears testimony, by Aleks Kajstura, April 7, 2015
• Rhode Island Senate votes to end prison gerrymandering, by Aleks Kajstura, March 5, 2015
• New filings in Cranston prison gerrymandering lawsuit, by Aleks Kajstura, April 3, 2014
• Case page for Davidson vs. City of Cranston, a lawsuit against prison gerrymandering in Cranston's municipal districts
• R.I's new House speaker has a captive constituency, by Edward Fitzpatrick, Providence Journal, April 1, 2014
• Blog roundup: Fighting prison gerrymandering in Cranston, RI, by Leah Sakala, February 20, 2014
• Residents and Advocates Sue City of Cranston Over Redistricting Plan That Counts Incarcerated Population as Residents by PPI, February 19, 2014
• Rhode Island mayor: Prisoners count as residents when it helps me, not when it helps them, by Sara Mayeux, Prison Gerrymandering Blog, March 31, 2010
• N.Y. prisoners switch districts; will R.I. follow?, by Ed Fitzpatrick (column), Providence Journal, August 17, 2010
• How does the Rhode Island incarceration rate measure up in the global context?

Other resources

• Research on Rhode Island in our Research Clearinghouse