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Core Publications of the World Prison Brief. Such as the World Prison Population List, and the World Female Imprisonment List. Persons Detained Statistics of incarceration ("detained") from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Data Analysis Tools – Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) – 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 US had 2,173,800 prisoners in adult facilities in 2015. [6]
See second chart at right. Female incarceration rates by country and US state. Per 100,000 female population of all ages. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data are available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "This graph shows the number of women in state prisons, local jails, and federal prisons ...
The prison population is projected to increase to between 95,700 and 105,200 by March 2029, with a central estimate of 100,800, figures published by the MoJ in December last year show.
The Government is reported to be considering renting jail cells in Estonia as a way of easing prison overcrowding. Prison population hits record high in week before early release scheme starts ...
The United States has the highest prison and jail population (2,121,600 in adult facilities in 2016) as well as the highest incarceration rate in the world (655 per 100,000 population in 2016). [ 5 ] [ 130 ] [ 131 ] According to the World Prison Population List (11th edition) there were around 10.35 million people in penal institutions ...
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In 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the growth rate of the state prison population had fallen to its lowest since 2006, but it still had a 0.2% growth-rate compared to the total U.S. prison population. [31] The California state prison system population fell in 2009, the first year that populations had fallen in 38 years. [32]