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: Percent change in state prison populations for 21 states compiled by the Prison Policy Initiative from state Department of Correction population reports and the Vera Institute of Justice's People in Prison 2019 report. (Graph: Emily Widra, 2020)
This graph originally appeared in As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly, state prisons and local jails have failed to mitigate the risk of infection behind bars.
