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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]
In 2022, the United States had 1,808,100 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails), at a rate of 541 per 100,000 population. That was the 5th highest rate in the world. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] In 2021, the United States had 1,767,200 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails). [ 3 ]
In 2009, the United States had the highest documented incarceration rate in the world, at 754 per 100,000. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] However, following over a decade of decarceration, the prison population had declined from a 2008 peak of 2,307,504 to 1,675,400 (505 per 100,000) in 2020. [ 2 ]
With around 100 prisoners per 100,000, the United States had an average prison and jail population until 1980. Afterwards it drifted apart considerably. [129] 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 ...
United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 99 1,910 United Kingdom: Scotland 150 8,274 United States: 541 1,808,100 Uruguay: 449 15,767 Uzbekistan: 85 29,000 Vanuatu: 65 195 Venezuela: 199 67,200 Vietnam: 135 133,986 British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 368 114 United States Virgin Islands (USA) 251 261 Yemen: 14 4,268 Zambia: 125 25,372 Zimbabwe
The BJS conducts the Annual Survey of Jails of a sample of about 950 U.S. jails, and a periodic Census of Jails covering all U.S. jails. [3] [4] Data from these programs was used to show that local jails in the U.S. had a sharp decline in inmates from February to May, 2020 of perhaps 185,000 inmates, more than 20% of the inmate population, in response to the danger of covid-19 on a crowded ...
Correctional Population Trends Chart, 1980-2009. BJS. Data table is no ... Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, ... United States incarceration rate;
The recidivism rate in California as of 2008–2009 is 61%. [74] Recidivism has reduced slightly in California from the years of 2002 to 2009 by 5.2%. [74] However, California still has one of the highest recidivism rates in the nation. This high recidivism rate contributes greatly to the overcrowding of jails and prisons in California. [75]