Milestones

Mass incarceration in the U.S. hits a record high: 2.3M people (a staggering 754 individuals per 100,000).

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A4J sunsets. The Fund invested more than $127M to support over 200 outstanding artists, advocates, and arts and advocacy organizations, centering the leadership of directly impacted artists and advocates and inspiring new art-infused strategies to end mass incarceration in America.

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Mass incarceration rates in the U.S. have dropped since the launch of A4J, and now stand at about 1.9M people. Public awareness of the need for alternatives to incarceration and a transformation of the criminal legal system is growing. But the work is hardly done. Sustaining wins while continuing to disrupt dominant narratives and build new constituencies remain pressing priorities for the growing movement to end mass incarceration.

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