HELP US END MASS INCARCERATION
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.
Can you help us sustain this work?
Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Can you help us sustain this work?
Thank you,
Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Data Source: Compiled by the Prison Policy Initiative from state Parole Board or Department of Corrections websites, except New York, where monthly parole data are published by the Prison Action Network. (Graph: Tiana Herring, 2021)
This graph originally appeared in Parole boards approved fewer releases in 2020 than in 2019, despite the raging pandemic.
