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From the source report: "This graph shows the number of people in state prisons, local jails, federal prisons, and other systems of confinement from each U.S. state and territory per 100,000 people in that state or territory and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with a total population of at least 500,000." [26]
This is a list of lists of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories):
The Florida State Prison between Gainesville and Jacksonville has the highest number of inmates and can hold up to 1,400 individuals. Texas Department of Criminal Justice 2.
From 2000 to 2008, the state prison population increased by 159,200 imprisoned people, and violent offenders accounted for 60% of this increase. The number of drug offenders in state prisons declined by 12,400 over this period. Furthermore, while the number of sentenced violent offenders in state prison increased from 2000 through 2008, the ...
If lists were compiled based on annual admissions to prison per capita, several European countries would outpace the United States. But American prison stays are much longer, so the total incarceration rate is higher." Counting all inmates (not just those in adult prisons and jails) brings the number at the beginning of 2008 to 2.42 million ...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a study which finds that, despite the total number of prisoners incarcerated for drug-related offenses increasing by 57,000 between 1997 and 2004, the proportion of drug offenders to total prisoners in State prison populations stayed steady at 21%.
Jail Deaths By State. The Department of Justice publishes annual counts of jail fatalities by state, but 2013 is the last year for which such data is available. This graphic allows you to browse by state to see how our 2015-16 numbers compare with the DOJ's tallies from previous years.
FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women. High Desert State Prison: HDSP Lassen: 1995 Yes 2,324 3,286 141.4% Ironwood State Prison: ISP Riverside: 1994 Yes 2,200 3,203 145.6% Kern Valley State Prison: KVSP Kern: 2005 2,448 3,534 144.4% Mule Creek State Prison: MCSP Amador: 1987 3,284 3,948 120.2% North Kern State ...