Data Source: Table 2 of the Bureau of Justice Statistics' Prisoners in 2020, 2021, and 2022 & for 2023, data published by state correctional agencies. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2023)
This graph originally appeared in Why did prison and jail populations grow in 2022 — and what comes next?.
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- March 19, 2025:
Join Prison Policy Initiative’s Advocacy Department at 1 PM EST on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, for a webinar about understanding recidivism. We will cover strategies from our recidivism toolkit, including an overview of recidivism statistics and what they really mean, how to combat the “Willie Horton” effect, and ways that advocates can transform the narrative around reentry to make it less focused on negative outcomes and more focused on the ways that returning citizens contribute to their communities.
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