smilerzMar 11, 2023
Volokh Conspiracy
RT @OrinKerr
How many people are in prison or jail in the United States, and for what. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/03/14/whole_pie_2022/
New report Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022 provides the most comprehensive look at U.S. incarceration since the start of the pandemic

The report includes 31 visualizations of criminal justice data, exposing long-standing truths about mass incarceration in the U.S.

Mar 10, 2023 at 11:00pmWeb
Show threadVHaschMar 10, 2023

@VolokhC

Would it be gauche to chant "We're number one!" in light of the fact prisons are a commercial enterprise in this country?

Show threadmattgMar 10, 2023
@VolokhC @Popehat cool, now let's see one that includes how many people who do the wage theft and aren't in jail at all.
Show threadJeff LindborgMar 10, 2023
@VolokhC interesting - what's a "territorial prison" in the us? The only thing I could find searching was historical landmark sites for prisons that were closed long ago - I thought that was the designation for prisons built before statehood (here in AZ at Yuma for instance) but they're either converted to state prisons or closed after statehood.
Show threadAda Ґ.Mar 11, 2023
@jlindborg @VolokhC
I’m guessing prisons in places like Puerto Rico, USVI, etc? Can’t classify them as state prisons.
(My first thought was reservations but then I saw that has its own slice.)
Show threadCorey Rayburn YungMar 11, 2023
@jlindborg @VolokhC I think those are prisons in US territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.).
Show threadMichael Darweesh ☑️Mar 10, 2023
@VolokhC almost half a million unconvicted, OOF