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Dec 20, 2022 · It describes the number of persons held in local jails, jail incarceration rates, inmate demographics, conviction status and most serious offense, the number of admissions to jail, jail capacity, inmate turnover rates, and staff employed in local jails.
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At midyear 2021, 29% of persons held in jail (185,000) were...
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Feb 1, 2023 · The rate at which persons were in prison or jail increased for the first time since 2005, rising from 660 per 100,000 U.S. residents in 2020 to 680 per 100,000 in 2021, though it remained below the rate preceding the COVID-19 pandemic (810 per 100,000 in 2019).
At yearend 2021, 1 in 28 male and 1 in 138 female adult U.S. residents were under correctional supervision. Note: All probation, parole, and prison rates are based on December 31 population counts, while jail rates use counts for the last weekday in June.
However, these national declines mask significant differences in jail and prison trends across counties, states, and regions. Use the map below to explore how your county compares to others along five key incarceration metrics.
From the source report: "This graph shows the number of people in state prisons, local jails, federal prisons, and other systems of confinement from each U.S. state and territory per 100,000 people in that state or territory and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with a total population of at least 500,000."
LocationIncarceration RateTotal IncarceratedState Population89845,5735,073,9037445,456733,27660630149,71071052,3297,365,684Nov 10, 2023 · There were 1.20 million people in prison in the US in 2021, or 363 for every 100,000 people. The prison and overall correctional population, including those in jail and on probation and parole, has decreased over time.
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Dec 20, 2022 · At midyear 2021, 29% of persons held in jail (185,000) were convicted, either serving a sentence or awaiting sentencing on a conviction, while 71% (451,400) were unconvicted, awaiting court action on a current charge or held in jail for other reasons.