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I co-founded the Prison Policy Initiative to put the problem of mass incarceration — and the perverse incentives that fuel it — on the national agenda. Over the last 17 years, our campaigns have protected our democracy from the prison system and protected the poorest families in this country from the predatory prison telephone industry. Our reports untangle the statistics and recruit new allies.
But now, more than ever, we need your help to put data & compassion into the conversation. Any gift you can make today will be matched by other donors and go twice as far.
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But now, more than ever, we need your help to put data & compassion into the conversation. Any gift you can make today will be matched by other donors and go twice as far.
Thank you.
—Peter Wagner, Executive DirectorDonate
Population size & incarceration rate
- Incarceration pie chart and correctional control pie chart by state (Created: 2018)
- How many women are locked up in the United States? (Created: 2018)
- Incarceration growth in 80's and 90's dwarfs recent declines (Created: 2018)
- U.S. incarceration rate compare to that of other founding NATO members (Created: 2018)
- Comparing the incarceration rates of U.S. states to other, similar, countries (Created: 2018)
- Comparing the women's incarceration rates of U.S. states to other, similar, countries (Created: 2018)
- How many people are locked up in the United States? (Created: 2018)
- Pre-trial detention in different parts of the justice system (Created: 2018)
- Federal correctional systems overview (Created: 2018)
- Involuntary commitment in the justice system (Created: 2018)
- Correctional control extends far beyond incarceration (Created: 2018)
- Immigration detention and incarceration by different agencies (Created: 2018)
- Incarceration by offense type in the federal system (Created: 2018)
- Incarceration for drug offense in different parts of the justice system (Created: 2018)
- Number of people in local jail, by conviction status (Created: 2018)
- Churn in local jails, annual admissions in perspective (Created: 2018)
- How many youths are locked up in the United States? (Created: 2018)
- State policy drives women's incarceration growth - rates (Created: 2018)
- State policy drives women's incarceration growth - raw numbers (Created: 2018)
- Women's state prison populations have grown faster than men's (Created: 2018)
- Women's prison incarceration rate: select states and all 50 states (Created: 2018)
- Women's and men's incarceration numbers and rates by state, 1978-2015 (Created: 2018)
- How many women are locked up in the United States? (Created: 2017)
- Local jail population, 1940-2015 (Created: 2017)
- State policy drives mass incarceration (rates per 100,000) (Created: 2017)
- Local jail incarceration rate, 1940-2015 (Created: 2017)
- District of Columbia prison and jail incarceration rates, 1978-2015 (Created: 2017)
- District of Columbia prison and jail populations (Created: 2017)
- What's actually driving jail growth? (Created: 2017)
- Jail and prison incarceration rates by state, 1978-2015 (Created: 2017)
- Jail conviction status, by state, 1978-2013 (Created: 2017)
- Jail and prison populations, by state, 1978-2015 (Created: 2017)
- State policy drives mass incarceration (numbers) (Created: 2016)
- Jail population by conviction status, 1983-2014 (Created: 2016)
- National imprisonment rate by age, 1993-2013 (Created: 2016)
- Types of correctional control by size (Created: 2015)
- Women's Incarceration Rate: United States 1910-2014 (Created: 2015)
- Comparing Iowa's incarceration rate to other states, 1978-2013 (Created: 2015)
- Imprisonment rates in Texas, 1983-2013 (Created: 2015)
- Admissions to and releases from Texas correctional facilities, 1983-2013 (Created: 2015)
- Racial/ethnic parity in U.S. correctional facilities, 2005 (Created: 2015)
- High Incarceration Communities in Baltimore (Created: 2015)
- Higher Incarceration Communities in Baltimore (Created: 2015)
- Highest Incarceration Community in Baltimore (Created: 2015)
- Maryland Taxpayers Spend $288M on Corrections in Baltimore (Created: 2015)
- Maryland Taxpayer Spending on Corrections in Baltimore by Community Statistical Area (Created: 2015)
- State prison incarceration rate: Select states and all 50 states (Created: 2014)
- Regional state prison incarceration rates, 1977-2010 (Created: 2014)
- State prison incarceration rate, 1978-2012 (Created: 2014)
- Local jail incarceration rate, 1978-2012 (Created: 2014)
- Federal prison incarceration rate, 1978-2012 (Created: 2014)
- State prison population, 1978-2012 (Created: 2014)
- Local jail population, 1978-2012 (Created: 2014)
- Federal prison population, 1978-2012 (Created: 2014)
- Incarceration rates by state, 1978-2012 (Created: 2014)
- Incarceration rates by race/ethnicity and racial disparities by state, 2010 (Created: 2014)
- U.S. incarceration rates by race (Created: 2012)
- Differential incarceration rates in Holyoke, Springfield and Massachusetts (Created: 2012)
- Incarceration rate, 1925-2008 (Created: 2010)
- Maryland and Baltimore City: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2010)
- Connecticut and Hartford: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2010)
- Connecticut state incarceration rate, 1973-2008 (Created: 2010)
- Connecticut and New Haven: Population, Prisoners and Prison Cells (Created: 2010)
- Illinois state prisoners, 1970-2000 (Created: 2010)
- State prisoners in other state's prisons or in federal prisons (Created: 2010)
- Pennsylvania state prisoners, 1980-2000 (Created: 2009)
- Blacks are overrepresented in Franklin County, MA jail (Created: 2004)
- Racial disparities in incarceration by state, 2000 (Created: 2004)
- Incarceration rates by race, 2001 (Created: 2004)
- Where is New York's incarcerated population? (Created: 2004)
- Males are overrepresented in prisons and jails (Created: 2004)
- State prisoners in private prisons, 1999 (Created: 2004)
- State prisoners in local jails, 1999 (Created: 2004)
- Adults under criminal justice system control (Created: 2004)
- Disparities between Black and White incarceration rates, 2001 (Created: 2004)
- Number of prisoners per country (Created: 2004)
- Percent of the world's prisoners held by each country (Created: 2004)
- Countries with incarceration rates under 150 per 100,000 (Created: 2004)
- Global Incarceration Rates (Created: 2004)
- Pennsylvania's Institutional Populations 1982-2003 (Created: 2003)
- Incarceration rate, 1925-2001 (Created: 2003)
- Prisoners per 100,000 residents, emphasizing the low rate through the 1980 U.S. Census (Created: 2003)
- African American male population in higher education and in prison, 2000 (Created: 2003)
- Blacks overrepresented in Ohio prisons (Created: 2003)
- Racial disparities in North Carolina incarceration per 100,000 population (Created: 2003)
- Maryland incarceration rates by county and prison locations, 2000 (Created: 2003)
- North Carolina incarceration rates by county (Created: 2003)
- Pennsylvania incarceration rates and prison locations by county, 2000 (Created: 2003)
- Growth in the New York State prison and drug prisoner populations (Created: 2002)
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