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 the Bureau of Justice Statistics reports Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons 2000-2013 (Table 18) and Mortality in State and Federal Prisons 2001-2018 (Table 4), and “Suicide Statistics” from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, based on CDC research. (Graph: Wendy Sawyer, 2021)
This graph originally appeared in New data: State prisons are increasingly deadly places.
