Unfortunately this means that for every 100 rapes, 97 rapists will walk free without spending a single day in prison.…

Approximately 2.2 million Americans currently live behind bars. Thirty-six states, with Washington, D.C., have higher rates of incarceration than the…

This chart shows the estimated number of male inmates held in custody in state or federal prisons or in local…

The number of prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction in the U.S. has declined for three straight years. Not only…

Serving hard time is, without a doubt, a life-altering experience, oftentimes not for the better. The question then becomes: is…

African Americans are disproportionately incarcerated on drug related charges. Clearly the drug war is an instrument of, at least, institutional…

This statistic is horrifying and can be largely attributed to rape often going unreported. Only around 40% of sexual assaults…

This chart shows the 10 countries with the highest incarceration rates in the world. The United States has the highest…

In 2012, the estimated number or people with a severe mental illness in prison or jail in the U.S. was…

The data shows that phrasing matters. Both questions ask about whether or not the person supports physician assisted suicide, but…

83% of buyers said jail time and 79% said a letter sent to their family would be a deterrent to…

The number of tuberculosis cases reported in correctional facilities dropped 66 percent from 1994 to 2012. From a high of…

In 2011, the National Gang Intelligence Center determined that the neighborhood-based gang was the most dangerous type of gang in…