Data & Fact Sheets
50,000 people IN Louisiana are behind bars
44,000 people IN Louisiana are ON Probation or parole
The Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) is a nonprofit which conducts research and provides essential state-level data about mass incarceration in America.
Louisiana locked up
The Louisiana Locked Up page contains multiple layers of statewide incarceration data, including detailed maps of pretrial detention rates, the profit incentives for filling local jails, the link between Louisiana’s plantation history and its carceral present, and more.
The project also has fact sheets for every parish in Louisiana. You can jump directly to the pages for VOTE’s chapter parishes here:
ORLEANS | JEFFERSON | EAST BATON ROUGE | LAFAYETTE
The Vera Institute of Justice is a national organization with an office in New Orleans that partners with impacted communities and government leaders for change.