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On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. [7] [8] Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. [5] The U.S. incarceration rate was the highest in the world in 2008. [4] It is no longer the highest rate. [9] The United States has one of the highest rates of female incarceration. [10]
Total U.S. incarceration (prisons and jails) peaked in 2008. Total correctional population peaked in 2007. [14] If all prisoners are counted (including those juvenile, territorial, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (immigration detention), Indian country, and military), then in 2008 the United States had around 24.7% of the world's 9.8 million prisoners.
The 2021 US incarceration rate of 531 per 100,000 population was the 6th highest rate. [1] According to the World Prison Population List (11th edition) there were around 10.35 million people in penal institutions worldwide in 2015. [ 5 ]
The United States maintains a higher incarceration rate than most developed countries. [8] According to the World Prison Brief on May 7, 2023, the United States has the sixth highest incarceration rate in the world, at 531 people per 100,000. Expenses related to prison, parole, and probation operations have an annual estimated cost of around ...
Overall, 25 U.S. states and three nations — El Salvador, Cuba, and Rwanda — have incarceration rates even higher than the national incarceration rate of the United States, according to the report.
As of 2019, the US was home to 5% of the global population but 25% of its prisoners. [2] Until the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. possessed the world's highest incarceration rate: 655 inmates for every 100,000 people, [3] enough inmates to equal the populations of Philadelphia or Houston. [4]
A new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum shows that the state has some of the highest rates of incarceration, especially of Black residents, in the nation. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
That federal rate can be added to the state rate to get the combined state and federal prison rate. Table 6 also lists the number of state prison inmates for each state. Table 1 on page 2 of the PDF has the total number of federal inmates (210,567). See also: List of U.S. states by incarceration rate.