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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.
Women's rates of imprisonment and incarceration in jails grew faster than men's rates during the prison boom in the United States. Even during the recent period of modest decline in incarceration, women's rates have decreased less than men's rates.
The rate of incarcerated women has expanded at about 4.6% annually between 1995 and 2005 with women now accounting for 7% of the population in state and federal prisons. Comparison with other countries
24 lip 2024 · Between 2000 and 2022, the rate of imprisonment in state and federal prisons declined by 69% for Black women, while the rate of imprisonment for white women rose by 18%. Female Imprisonment Rate per 100,000, by Race and Ethnicity, 2000-2022. Source: Prisoners Series. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics
14 gru 2021 · Nine states showed decreases in the number of persons in prison of at least 20% from 2019 to 2020. The prison populations of California, Texas, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons each declined by more than 22,500 from 2019 to 2020, accounting for 33% of the total prison population decrease.
1 mar 2022 · • 62% of male releasees had been returned to prison, compared to 47% of females; • 63% of Blacks had been reincarcerated compared to 59% of Whites and 60% of Hispanics; • 30.7% had returned to prison a year after release, 48.6% by year three and 60.7% by year ten.
11 sty 2022 · Nationwide, women’s jail populations and jail incarceration rates dropped by 37% from 2019 to 2020, while men’s dropped by 23%. The number of women in federal prisons fell 17%; the number of men fell 13%. And the number of women in state prisons fell 24%, compared to a drop of 14.5% among men.
