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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.
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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.
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] .
About 20% of all jail inmates were held for federal, state, or tribal government authorities at midyear 2020, an increase from 16% at midyear 2019 (table 8). Jail inmates held for state prison authorities declined 12,300 (down 16%) from 2015 to 2019, but remained stable from 2019 to 2020 (table 8).
16 sie 2021 · The World Prison Brief’s data estimates the U.S. incarceration rate at 639 inmates per 100,000 people as of 2018, or 13% higher than the rate of the next-closest country, El Salvador (564 inmates per 100,000 people).
TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS Incarceration Rate Report - Highest to Lowest June 1, 2021 County * Countywide Population Capacity ** ADP Incarceration Rate Kenedy 442 0 11 25.78 Loving 152 0 2 14.93 Hudspeth 4,795 119 33 7.47 Garza 6,578 96 46 7.03 ... **ADP is based on the 1st day of the month jail population report figures from 07/01/2020 ...
TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS Incarceration Rate Report - Highest to Lowest May 1, 2022 County * Countywide Population Capacity ** ADP Incarceration Rate Loving 64 0 4 55.99 Kenedy 350 0 10 28.57 McMullen 600 0 14 22.92 Edwards 1,422 25 21 14.42 Hudspeth 3,202 119 43 13.30 Kinney 3,129 28 34 10.87 Sterling 1,372 0 11 8.14 McCulloch 7,630 ...
