Vera Institute of Justice · United States · 2024
Incarceration Trends
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An interactive county-level dataset of US jail and prison incarceration from 1970 to present. Reveals that the post-2000 growth in incarceration has shifted from large urban centres to small and rural counties, and that pre-trial jail populations remain the fastest-growing segment.
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data transparencypre trial detentiondecarceration
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