Since 2001, NCIP has attained justice for 36 innocent people who collectively have spent more than 550 years in prison. We currently have approximately 80 open and pending cases and receive more than 1,500 requests for assistance per year.
To learn more about each of our exonerees, click on their photo below. The cost of wrongful incarceration depends on the annual updated yearly cost to incarcerate an individual, which can be found here. The number presented from the year of release times the number of years wrongfully incarcerated is the estimated cost of one's wrongful incarceration.