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Chart showing the portion of New York State's and South Dakota's state prison population that is incarcerated for a drug offense from 2000 to 2023 . The portion of New York State's prison population that is incarcerated for drug offenses fell consistently from 2000 to 2012 before leveling out and then continueing to decrease, while South Dakota's has largely been growing, starting at less than 14% in 2000, peaking at almost 33% in 2019 and arriving at just over 29% in 2023.

Data Source: See "Data sources" section of full report. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer & Peter Wagner, 2023)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2023.

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