LOCKED OUT 2022 - ESTIMATES OF PEOPLE DENIED VOTING RIGHTS DUE

In this election year, as the United States confronts questions about the stability of its democracy and the fairness of its elections, particularly within marginalized communities, the impact of voting bans on people with felony convictions should be front and center in the debate. [...] This 2022 report updates and expands upon 20 years of • In two states – Alabama and Tennessee – more than work chronicling the scope and distribution of felony 8 percent of the adult population, one of every 13 disenfranchisement in the United States (see Uggen, adults, is disenfranchised. [...] Both people returning to the system those convicted of multiple felonies, and some only and deaths are removed from the post-sentence pool disenfranchise those convicted of violent offenses.2 to avoid overestimating the number of individuals in the population who have completed their sentences. [...] Florida deserves special mention, in light of the size of Nevertheless, as we have done in previous reports, we its disenfranchised population and the scope of recent contacted each of the appropriate state agencies by legal and policy changes in that state. [...] the releasee population each year is based upon Bureau of Justice Statistics (1989) “Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 5 Five states have an integrated prison and jail system, and 1983 and a 10-year follow-up of prisoners released in 2008 therefore do not disaggregate jail and prison populations (Antenangeli and Durose 2021) and “Recidivism of Felons on in reporting to the Bureau of Justice Stat.