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Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022

This report offers some much-needed clarity by piecing together the data about this country’s disparate systems of confinement. It 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 and overlooked issues that call for reform.

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Citation
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022
Author(s)
Wendy Sawyer and Peter Wagner
Publisher
Prison Policy Initiative
Publication Date
3/14/2022

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The National Institute of Corrections publishes this compilation of resources each year as an overview of what research indicates to be the trends in the corrections industry each year.
Accession Number: (2018) 033176, (2019) 033431, (2020) 033563, (2021) 033670, (2022) 033086, (2023) 033087