Survey Data
Due to barriers in documenting the conditions inside prisons and jails, the public lacks insight into the political lives that people lead inside. Instead, little is known about the diverse political thought and action among the incarcerated population or the important impact they have as political actors and social change agents.
Based on 49103 respondents
Beginning in 2019, the Marshall Project and Slate began a large ongoing reporting project to survey the political views of incarcerated people in American prisons and jails.
We’ve partnered with the Marshall Project to make their 2020 and 2024 surveys accessible on our website.
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Explore Survey of the Incarcerated40836 RespondentsSurvey of the Incarcerated (2024)This dramatically expanded follow-up to the Marshall Project’s groundbreaking 2020 survey captures a snapshot of political attitudes behind bars, drawing on responses from over 40,000 respondents in prisons and jails across 45 states.2024
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Explore Survey of the Incarcerated8266 RespondentsSurvey of the Incarcerated (2020)What are the political attitudes of people behind bars in the United States? In a landmark study, the Marshall Project surveyed over 8,000 people in prisons and jails ahead of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election to find out.2020