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Dec 27, 2022 · Oklahoma no longer has the highest incarceration rate in the U.S. But advocates say the state needs to provide more support for those who face life after prison.
Dec 1, 2023 · On Dec. 31, 2022, Oklahoma incarcerated 22,745 people, a 2.3% increase from 22,235 in December 2021. Oklahoma had the nation’s fourth-highest incarceration rate at the end of last year, trailing Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
- Keaton Ross
Nov 30, 2023 · On Dec. 31, 2022, Oklahoma incarcerated 22,745 people, a 2.3% increase from 22,235 in December 2021. Oklahoma had the nation’s fourth-highest incarceration rate at the end of last year, trailing Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
- Keaton Ross
Line graph showing the incarceration rate per 100,000 people in Oklahoma's prisons and jails, from 1978 to 2022.
In 2016, Oklahoma had the highest incarceration rate in the United States. If it were a country, it would have led the world.
Dec 4, 2023 · Incarceration rates also likely decreased because of the pandemic as court proceedings were delayed and some offenders were released for safety reasons. But now, according to a report in Oklahoma Watch, Oklahoma’s prison population rose 2.3 percent from December 2021 to December 2022, a notable shift after three consecutive years of decline ...
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Feb 1, 2017 · At a time when crime rates continue to fall both statewide and nationally, Oklahoma has the second-highest incarceration rate in the country, 70 percent higher than the national average. Yet Oklahoma is not 70 percent safer than the rest of the country.
