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The United States in 2022 had the fifth highest incarceration rate in the world, at 541 people per 100,000. [2][3] Between 2019 and 2020, the United States saw a significant drop in the total number of incarcerations. State and federal prison and local jail incarcerations dropped by 14% from 2.1 million in 2019 to 1.8 million in mid-2020. [4]
What country has the highest rate of incarceration? With 1,767,200 people incarcerated, United States currently has the highest number of people in prison.
This is an alphabetical list of countries and some dependent territories and subnational areas which lays out the incarceration rate of each. [1] Prison population rates from World Prison Brief. See date on map.
With nearly two million people behind bars at any given time, the United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. We spend about $182 billion every year — not to mention the significant social cost — to lock up nearly 1% of our adult population.
In 2022, the United States had 1,808,100 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails), at a rate of 541 per 100,000 population. That was the 5th highest rate in the world. [3] [1] In 2021, the United States had 1,767,200 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails). [3]
15 paź 2024 · The number of females in state or federal prison increased almost 5% from yearend 2021 (83,700) to yearend 2022 (87,800). Nine states and the BOP increased their total prison populations by over 1,000 persons from yearend 2021 to yearend 2022.
21 maj 2024 · The United States is unparalleled historically and ranks among the highest worldwide in its dependence on incarceration. 1 Over five million people in total are under supervision by the criminal legal system. 2 Of these, nearly two million people, disproportionately Black, are living in prisons and jails instead of their communities.
