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15 paź 2024 · Imprisonment rates of U.S. residents of all ages, based on sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by jurisdiction, sex, and race or Hispanic origin,
In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992. From 2010 to 2020, the sentenced imprisonment rate for U.S. residents fell 37% among blacks; 32% among Hispanics; 32% among Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders; 26% among whites; and 25% among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The combined state and federal imprisonment rate at yearend 2021 was 350 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents. Imprisonment rates declined for both sexes and for all racial or ethnic groups from yearend 2020 to yearend 2021. Findings in this report are based on the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program, administered by the
18 lis 2020 · Between 2019 and midyear 2020, total incarceration rates in the United States (counting local jails and state and federal prisons) decreased by 14 percent—from 661 to 566 incarcerated people per 100,000 residents. From midyear 2020 to midyear 2021, total incarceration rates reached a low of 544 per 100,000 residents.
In 2021, the national prison incarceration rate per 100,000 residents decreased slightly from 366 to 361. At the end of 2021, the five states with the highest prison incarceration rates were Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Alabama; the states with the lowest rates were Massachusetts, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New Hampshire.
Admissions, releases, imprisonment rates, and demographics. In 2022, states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) admitted 469,200 persons to prison, which was 20,800 more than they released that year (448,400) and 48,200 more than they admitted the year before (421,000).
1 lis 2022 · The report provides counts of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities in 2022 and includes findings on admissions, releases, and imprisonment rates. The report describes demographic and offense characteristics of state and federal prisoners.
