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20 gru 2022 · Highlights. The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 1% decrease from 2020 (1,221,200) and a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Prison populations declined in 32 states from yearend 2020 to yearend 2021, after decreasing in 49 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) during the prior 12 months largely due to the COVID ...
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.
1 lut 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).
1 gru 2022 · It provides counts of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state, federal, and military correctional authorities in 2021 and includes findings on admissions, releases, and imprisonment rates. The report describes demographic and offense characteristics of state and federal prisoners.
1 gru 2021 · 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. In 2020, the imprisonment rate was 358 per 100,000 U.S. residents, the lowest since 1992.
8 lut 2023 · The imprisonment rate grew from 93 per 100,000 residents in 1972 to 506 per 100,000 in 2008. It then declined by an average of 2.7% annually until 2021, reaching 350 per 100,000. At this rate, it would take 46 years—until 2069—to return to 1972’s imprisonment rate. See Figure 1 for source information.
By spring 2021, jail populations increased 13 percent from the mid-2020 low, while state and federal prison populations declined by 9 percent. States that started 2020 with higher incarceration rates made fewer efforts to reduce incarceration through spring 2021.
