Statistics

They are our mothers, our daughters, our sisters and our friends. More than 200,000 women are currently incarcerated in American prisons and jails, while more than a million are under some form of correctional control. Here’s another shocking fact – one that illustrates a gaping hole in our communities: nearly 65% of mothers in state prisons lived … Read more

Ages 18-21 –  1.1% Ages 22-25 – 5.0% Ages 26-30 –  12.9% Ages 31-35 –  16.4% Ages 36-40 –  18.3% Ages 41-45 –  15.3% Ages 46-50 – 11.7% Ages 51-55 –  8.0% Ages 56-60 – 5.4% Ages 61-65 –  3.1% Over 65 –  2.7% The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration with 2.2 … Read more

Chart Label Offense # of Inmates % of Inmates a Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement 398 0.2% b Burglary, Larceny, Property Offenses 8,176 5.0% c Continuing Criminal Enterprise 336 0.2% d Courts or Corrections 720 0.4% e Drug Offenses 74,570 45.3% f Extortion, Fraud, Bribery 10,257 6.2% g Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Kidnapping Offenses 5,335 … Read more