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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.
Incarceration rates by state. From various years; latest available as of June 2024. State, federal, and local inmates. [1] The United States in 2022 had the fifth highest incarceration rate in the world, at 541 people per 100,000. [2] [3] Between 2019 and 2020, the United States saw a significant drop in the total number of incarcerations.
However, the state of Montana has about 7,700 people in prison, with Montana State Prison holding about 1,600 of them. The State Prison is located a little more than an hour from Missoula. Google Maps
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.
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.
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.
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 ...