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Originally posted by Wanda Bertram on 03/14/2024

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Hello friends,

Today, the Prison Policy Initiative released the 10th-anniversary edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie. This report pieces together the most recent national data on state prisons, federal prisons, local jails, and other systems of confinement to provide a snapshot of mass incarceration in the United States. It also includes 34 visualizations of criminal legal system data, exposing long-standing truths about incarceration in the U.S.:

Importantly, the report also busts 10 of the most persistent myths about mass incarceration in America. In busting these myths, the report shows:

• Reforming the criminal legal system does not increase crime, 
• Harsher punishments don't deter crime, nor make communities safer,
• Jails and prisons are not equipped to provide mental health or substance use disorder treatment,
• And more.

You can find the full report at: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2024.html

Additionally, make sure to check out its companion report that looks specifically at the incarceration of women, which we released last week.

We hope this is useful in your work.

Thanks,

Wanda

Prison Policy Initiative 

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Wanda Bertram
Communications Strategist
Prison Policy Initiative