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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.
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 ]
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]
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Overall, 25 U.S. states and three nations — El Salvador, Cuba, and Rwanda — have incarceration rates even higher than the national incarceration rate of the United States, according to the report.
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 ] [ 131 ] [ 132 ] According to the World Prison Population List (11th edition) there were around 10.35 million people in penal institutions ...
A new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum shows that the state has some of the highest rates of incarceration, especially of Black residents, in the nation. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world (which includes pre-trial detainees and sentenced prisoners). [59] As of 2009, 2.3 million people were incarcerated in the United States, including federal and state prisons and local jails, creating an incarceration rate of 793 persons per 100,000 of national population. [59]