I'm looking for a dataset that contains the incarceration numbers in the United States broken down by reason of incarceration. E.g. 30% theft, 20% drugs, 10% gun violence, etc. Bonus point if it is broken down by year and US state.
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https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2022.html has such stats, shown as the Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2022:
Data source: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2022.html#datasection