The Prison Policy Initiative compiled a list of virtually all the research about pretrial detention available online. This list alluded to the nearly half a million people in the U.S. are currently being detained pretrial and awaiting trial and still legally innocent. The number of people in jail pretrial has nearly quadrupled since the 1980s. In all, the curanted list compiled the following percentages: Percent of people in city and county jails being held pretrial: 74% + Median bail bond for a felony: $10,000 +, Average yearly income of a man who can't afford bail: $16,000. For women: $11,000 +, Percent of women who can't afford bail who have minor children: 66% + Percent of pretrial population that is Black: 43% +, Share of jail population growth since 1983 caused by pretrial detention: 63% +, Annual national cost of pretrial detention: $13.6 billion +)

Prison Policy Initiative is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then advocacy campaigns through data analysis and graphics- to enhance awareness around pretrial detention and mass incarceration.

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