Why is "Decarceration" trending?
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- Date: 2026-06-16 10:24:52
This topic has appeared in the trending rankings 1 time(s) in the past year. While it does not trend frequently, its appearance suggests a renewed or concentrated surge of public interest.
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Decarceration entered the ranking for the first time today at position #. This is its highest position ever recorded.
Trend History
This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-06-16 and was most recently seen on 2026-06-16.
Wikipedia Overview
Decarceration in the United States involves government policies and community campaigns aimed at reducing the number of people held in custodial supervision. Decarceration, the opposite of incarceration, also entails reducing the rate of imprisonment at the federal, state and municipal level. A 2025 report from the Prison Policy Initiative states that there are nearly 2 million people incarcerated in the United States. The United States on average incarcerates more people per capita than any other independent democracy. The 2025 report shows that State Prisons currently have 1,098,000 people incarcerated; local jails have 562,000, Federal Prisons & Jails 204,000 and Immigration Detention Centers have 48,000 incarcerated.
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Yale Convenes State Leaders, Researchers, and Philanthropists for Data-Driven Decarceration Meeting - Yale School of Medicine
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Ending 50 Years of Mass Incarceration: Urgent Reform Needed to Protect Future Generations - The Sentencing Project
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The Fantasy That Cutting Prison Populations Saves a Lot of Money - Governing
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How to Decarcerate Jails and Prisons - Vera Institute
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This Decarceration Agenda Would Spell Disaster for New York City - City Journal
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Decarceration rose. Crime didn’t - UC Irvine
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Administrative Barriers to Decarceration - The Regulatory Review
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Decarceration and Crime During COVID-19 - aclu.org
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Decades after state institutions shut down, their history could shape the country’s approach to prisons - The 19th News
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Why Decarceration Is Vital For Public Health Amid COVID-19 - Partners In Health
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Juvenile confinement exacerbates adversity burden: A neurobiological impetus for decarceration - Frontiers
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New Report Details Successful Strategies for Decarceration - Equal Justice Initiative
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Adams Suspended Jail Rules Banning Solitary. Will Mamdani End the ‘Emergency’ Monday? - The City Reporter
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As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever - The Nation
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Only Young Once: The Case for Mississippi’s Investment in Youth Decarceration - Southern Poverty Law Center
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The Politics of Decarceration - Yale Law Journal
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Will Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s Radical ‘Decarceration’ Views Cost Him the Michigan Senate Race? - National Review
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Creating a Hub for Decarceration Advocates - Suffolk University
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Decarceration and the Coronavirus Pandemic - Petrie-Flom Center
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We Didn't Release Enough People from Jails and Prisons During the Pandemic - Vera Institute
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A Green New Deal for Decarceration - Jacobin
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Behind the Headlines: The Urgency of Decarceration in the Fight for Climate Justice - Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
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Life After Prison: Decarceration Clinic Is Rebuilding Lives - UVA Today
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Bring Our Neighbors Home – Jail Decarceration - ACLU of Colorado
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Opinion: The Public Health Case for Decarcerating America’s Prison System - Undark Magazine
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Future State: Addiction Policy, Decarceration, and Connection to Care - oneill.law.georgetown.edu
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Inaugural Decarceration and Re-entry Symposium - american.edu
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On Juneteenth, Pressley Unveils Bold Resolution to Transform Criminal Legal System - House.gov
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Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, But Where is the Will? - aclu.org
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Abdul El-Sayed Urged Mass Release of Prisoners and Touted 'Decarceration' Policies in Bizarre Webinar Where He Chatted Up Murderer and Rapist - freebeacon.com
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Issues 2020: Mass Decarceration Will Increase Violent Crime - Manhattan Institute
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Academies Study Will Examine COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities and Strategies for Decarceration - nationalacademies.org
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Jail Intake Is Killing People. Decarceration Is the Way to Stop It. - Vera Institute
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Decarceration Activist Janos Marton Launches Run For Manhattan D.A. - theappeal.org
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Emptying Prisons to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus Will Save Lives on the Outside, Too - theappeal.org
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“Decarcerating” America - Harvard Magazine
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Critics of Penobscot County Jail expansion plan call for decarceration effort - mainebeacon.com
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Every Public Official With The Power To Decarcerate Must Exercise That Power Now - theappeal.org
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'The Education Preparedness Program: Reimagining the University's Role in Decarceration' is March 3 - Marquette Today
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'Justice Should Be Blind': An Ethicist's Case for Decarceration - KQED
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LA County Publishes First-Ever Online Jail Decarceration Dashboard - County Supervisor Janice Hahn (.gov)
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Opinion: NYC Must Live Up To Its Decarceration Promises - citylimits.org
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Between 2007 and 2017, 34 States Reduced Crime and Incarceration in Tandem - brennancenter.org
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Hundreds are still jailed for technical parole violations in NYC, which means decarceration is happening far too slowly - Prison Policy Initiative
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Stories from Incarcerated Women Show the Importance of Furthering Trauma-Informed Care while Prioritizing Decarceration - Urban Institute
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How to Stop a Jail from Being Built - Vera Institute
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Ray Morrogh and Steve Descano's Responses to ACLU-VA's Questionnaire on Criminal Justice Reform - ACLU of Virginia
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New report complicates decarceration wins - prismreports.org
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A Troubled Virginia Jail Looks To Add Guards, But Advocates Push For Decarceration - theappeal.org
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“To Be Free Is to Free Others”: Formerly Incarcerated Women Urge Decarceration - Truthout
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Young People for Progress Hosts Film Event on Decarceration - Montgomery Community Media
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New BJS data: Prison incarceration rates inch down, but racial equity and real decarceration still decades away - Prison Policy Initiative
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Accountability Is Not a Pseudonym for a Cage: Chesa Boudin on Decarceration in our Lifetimes - inthesetimes.com
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Decarceration 2.0: Charting New Strategies on Prison Population Reductions and Closures - Urban Milwaukee
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Decarceration can reduce Covid-19 spread. The surgeon general should make that call - STAT
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Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization, Disability Justice, and Prison Abolition - Northrop, University of Minnesota
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Meet Decarcerate Western Mass, a new network of organizers fighting for abolition during COVID-19 - The Shoestring
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The cost of decarceration - The Spectator
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Designing for Decarceration in a Pandemic - Architectural Record
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For Decarceration, Election Results Bring One Big Win and Some Prolonged Suspense - theappeal.org
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Future of NJ's early-release program for prisoners - NJ Spotlight News
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Where is the urgency to decarcerate the Cook County Jail? - Injustice Watch
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Caravan demands decarceration of Florida inmates to stop COVID-19 spread in prisons and jails - Tallahassee Democrat
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Opinion | Healey’s $360m plan for women’s prison decried - The Boston Globe
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Renewed Call for Replacing O‘ahu’s Jail Glosses Over Reality - civilbeat.org
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Berkshire DA Discusses Protests, Decarceration Disagreement With Sheriff - WAMC
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CURB Releases ‘Concrete Strategy’ Roadmap to Close Prisons, Urges CA Governor to Shutter 10 Prisons and Prioritize Decarceration - Davis Vanguard
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Harris Named Decarceration Organizer at AFSC-NH - InDepthNH.org
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Decarceration USA: A Roundup of Campaigns to Close Local Jails - Filter
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In wake of 1st inmate death at Rikers this year, activists call for facility’s closure and mass decarceration - bxtimes.com
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Lowry: Decarceration political disaster for Dems - Boston Herald
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An action plan for decarceration - CBA National
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Mass release of U.S. inmates sets up test of 'decarceration' movement - reuters.com
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How Oklahoma Popped Its Prison Bubble, In Charts - Politico
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US Prisons Held Six Times As Many People in 2021 Versus 1971 - Davis Vanguard
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Model Wali Deutsch on decarceration and advocacy for people in prison - i-D.co
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Prison Economics and Leavenworth, Kansas: A Rural Lens for Decarceration - Columbia Political Review
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Faye Brown’s Death from COVID-19 Underscores the Urgency of Decarceration - indyweek.com
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Prison Speaks: Torture survivor Mark Clements on the coronavirus, decarceration, and more - South Side Weekly
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Why a decarceration strategy could work for Ireland - RTE.ie
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Opinion: The Indigenous incarceration crisis demands a bolder response: Decarceration - The Globe and Mail
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Can the rural prison economy survive the era of decarceration? - Inquirer.com
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U.S. to Release 6,000 Inmates From Prisons (Published 2015) - The New York Times
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'They're petri dishes for COVID-19': Advocates call for decarceration, vaccination of inmates - CBC
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Column: Time to look at OCCC as a comprehensive decarceration hub - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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LA County quietly introduces ‘decarceration’ effort to swap jail time with slap on wrist - Fox News
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Joe Biden Told A Voter He’ll “Go Further” Than Cutting Incarceration By 50% - BuzzFeed News
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Louisiana inmate 1st federal prisoner to die of coronavirus; advocates call for 'rapid decarceration' - NOLA.com
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Why Baltimore sank as New York City soared - New York Post
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The Australian Prison Boom and the Need for Decarceration - sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
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"Design can immediately and practically reduce the number of people in custody" - Dezeen
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Alabama prison strikers’ demands push for decarceration - Progressive International
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Sacramento Supervisors Vote 4-1 to Reject Jail Expansion; Decarcerate Activists Notch Big Win - Davis Vanguard
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Plan for New Miami-Dade Jail Moves Forward Amid Calls for Decarceration - Miami New Times
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Kim Kardashian prison reform: Kim Kardashian West has helped free 17 people from prison in the last 90 days - CBS News
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Berkeley Law event touts defunding police, pays Angela Davis $1,000 to champion ‘decarceration’ - The College Fix
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