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  2. List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and ...

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    Comparing English-speaking developed countries; [9] the overall incarceration rate in the U.S. was 531 per 100,000 population of all ages in 2021, [12] the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 in 2020, [14] England and Wales was 146 per 100,000 in 2023, [15] and Australia was 158 per 100,000 in 2022. [16]

  3. Youth incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2003, the JDAI had produced some promising results from their programs. Detention center populations fell by between 14% and 88% in JDAI counties over the course of 7 years (1996–2003). These same counties saw declines in juvenile arrests (an indicator of overall juvenile crime rates) during the same time period ranging from 37–54%. [41]

  4. Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice - Wikipedia

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    The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is a state agency of Georgia, United States, headquartered in Avondale Estates, near Decatur and in Greater Atlanta. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.

  5. Bipartisan criminal justice bills seeking to lower recidivism ...

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    These accountability courts use a more holistic approach to combatting mental health and substance use issues than traditional juvenile justice systems, and have been shown to reduce recidivism rates.

  6. List of countries by incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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    Prison population rates from World Prison Brief. See date on map. ... we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists." ... Georgia 275 ...

  7. United States incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    The state’s sweeping privatization of its juvenile incarceration system has produced some of the worst re-offending rates in the nation. More than 40 percent of youth offenders sent to one of Florida’s juvenile prisons wind up arrested and convicted of another crime within a year of their release, according to state data.

  9. Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform - Wikipedia

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    The Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform is a fifteen-member, non-partisan state commission tasked with conducting annual comprehensive reviews of criminal laws, criminal procedure, sentencing laws, adult correctional issues, juvenile justice issues, enhancement of probation and parole supervision, better management of the prison population and of the population in the custody of the ...