Overview
To provide the public with timely information on how incarceration is changing in the United States, Vera collected quarterly data from jails and prisons from mid-year 2019 through spring 2024. Vera also collected data on people civilly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who were held in local jails, private prisons, and dedicated immigration detention facilities. Vera researchers combined this data with jurisdiction-level jail and prison data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau to create a comprehensive picture of how jurisdictions across the country are using incarceration.
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