Graph showing the 25,000 people involuntarily committed to psychiatric facilities by the criminal legal system, including civil commitment and detention for sex offenses (6,000) and those held either because a court found them not guilty by reason of insanity or because they are being treated or evaluated as incompetent to stand trial(19,000). Graph is based on the newest data available in March 2025.

Data Source: See the Data sources & methodology section of the full Whole Pie report. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer & Peter Wagner, 2025)

This graph originally appeared in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025.

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