Data Source: Sex Offender Civil Commitment Programs Network Annual Survey, 2022. Four jurisdictions did not participate in the 2022 survey: Nebraska's count is from 2018, New Hampshire's from 2020, South Carolina's from 2021, and the federal Bureau of Prisons' from 2017. (Map: Wendy Sawyer, 2023)
This map originally appeared in What is civil commitment? Recent report raises visibility of this shadowy form of incarceration.
Events
- March 19, 2025:
Join Prison Policy Initiative’s Advocacy Department at 1 PM EST on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, for a webinar about understanding recidivism. We will cover strategies from our recidivism toolkit, including an overview of recidivism statistics and what they really mean, how to combat the “Willie Horton” effect, and ways that advocates can transform the narrative around reentry to make it less focused on negative outcomes and more focused on the ways that returning citizens contribute to their communities.
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