Disproportionality Advocacy
Incarceration Rates
- Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2020
- How many people are locked up in the United States?
- 74% of people held by jails are not convicted of any crime
- Why are so many people detained in jails before trial? They’re not wealthy enough to afford money bail.
- Most confined youth are held for nonviolent offenses, or no crime at all.
- Most people in prisons are poor, and the poorest are women and people of color
- How many people are locked up in the United States?
- State Data Global Index as of September 2021
