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Small pie chart showing that 69% of people who experienced both homelessness and incarceration in Connecticut were homeless prior to incarceration, and 31% became homeless after incarceration

Data Source: Data based on January 2016- January 2019 entries to the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness network of shelters, which include 88% of emergency shelters in the state. (Graph: Alexi Jones, 2021)

This graph originally appeared in New data: The revolving door between homeless shelters and prisons in Connecticut.



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