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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]
Appendix 1: States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024. State data. by Emily Widra, June 2024. Prison Policy Initiative. Only update this map from the same source, since it is comprehensive and covers many institutions of incarceration. Author: Timeshifter, from template: File:Template map of US states and District of Columbia.svg.
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.
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.
10. Illinois. The Land of Lincoln has about 53,000 people in prison. The biggest prison in Illinois is the Menard Correctional Center, located near the Illinois-Missouri border.
Giddings State School, a Texas Youth Commission facility in unincorporated Lee County, Texas. The United States incarcerates more of its youth than any other country in the world, through the juvenile courts and the adult criminal justice system, which reflects the larger trends in incarceration practices in the United States.
An Illinois youth lockup is "no place for children," argued a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in June. A new ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois analysis of documents ...
That year, the state had an incarceration rate of 930 per 100,000 people. In 2018, report findings showed Kentucky ranked ninth with a rate of 869 per 100,000. The state ranked 14th in 2016.