I missed this June report from Vera providing data comparing 2019 to 2022 prison and jail populations. While there’s still a huge amount of unnecessary incarceration, and things are getting especially bad in states like Texas, I want to take a minute to appreciate some points of progress. The first is the trend over the past few decades:
Update on trends in the criminal legal system
Update on trends in the criminal legal system
Update on trends in the criminal legal system
I missed this June report from Vera providing data comparing 2019 to 2022 prison and jail populations. While there’s still a huge amount of unnecessary incarceration, and things are getting especially bad in states like Texas, I want to take a minute to appreciate some points of progress. The first is the trend over the past few decades: