A comparison between Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's stance on incarceration and the data showing El Salvador's success with mass incarceration.

A two-panel image showing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at the top with a quote saying jail is racist, and a line graph below showing El Salvador's murder rate plummeting as its incarceration rate sky-rocketed between 2000 and 2024.

"We cannot jail our way out of violent crime.... It's racist" Chicago Mayor Johnson MEANWHILE IN EL SALVADOR Murder Rate vs Incarceration Rate in El Salvador (2000-2024) Murder Rate (per 100,000) Incarceration Rate (per 100,000) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year