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bar chart showing the 50 states and D.C. in terms of their overall mass punishment rate, a rate encompassing how many people per 100,000 of their residents are incarcerated or on community supervision, by type of system, including state and federal prisons, local jails, youth confinement, involuntary commitment, Indian Country jails, probation, and parole

Data Source: For source data, see the report's methodology section. (Graph: Leah Wang, 2023)

This graph originally appeared in Punishment Beyond Prisons 2023: Incarceration and supervision by state.

Overall rates of mass punishment include state prisons, federal prisons, local jails, youth confinement, Indian Country jails, involuntary commitment, parole and probation. Rates are per 100,000 residents in that state, D.C., or, for the U.S. overall. Scroll right to see the relative mass punishment rates for each of these systems, and see the Data Appendix for the complete data set, including counts and rates for each system in each state and the U.S. overall.

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