Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020
Prison Policy Initiative
Mar 25, 2020

Pie chart showing the number of people locked up on a given day in the United States by facility type and the underlying offense using the newest data available in March 2020.

A recent report by the Prison Policy Initiative, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020, “provides a detailed look at where and why people are locked up in the U.S., and dispels some modern myths to focus attention on the real drivers of mass incarceration, including exceedingly punitive responses to even the most minor offenses.”

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