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The Prison Policy Initiative uses research, advocacy, and organizing to dismantle mass incarceration. We’ve been in this movement for 22 years, thanks to individual donors like you.
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Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Data Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Mortality data series (data for prisons is not available for 2000) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, "Suicide Statistics," based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2022)
This graph originally appeared in Updated charts provide insights on racial disparities, correctional control, jail suicides, and more.
The original version of this chart was published in The life-threatening reality of short jail stays.
