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The racial aspect of mass incarceration in the United States is striking. According to Michelle Alexander (in 2010 book), the United States "imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid ."
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]
Incarceration in the United States is one of the primary means of punishment for crime in the United States. In 2021, over five million people were under supervision by the criminal justice system, [2][3] with nearly two million people incarcerated in state or federal prisons and local jails.
27 wrz 2023 · Updated data and charts: Incarceration stats by race, ethnicity, and gender for all 50 states and D.C. New data visualizations and updated tables show the national landscape of persistent racial disparity in state prisons and local jails.
Racial/ethnic disparities in incarceration by state, 2021. These graphs are a part of our 50-state incarceration profiles. Comparing Alabama's total population to its incarcerated population, by race (2023) Comparing Alaska's total population to its incarcerated population, by race (2023)
Incarceration rates by race and ethnicity in prisons (2021) and jails (2019), by state These graphs are a part of our 50-state incarceration profiles . Alabama incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
26 maj 2009 · Produces annual national- and state-level data on the number of prisoners in state and federal prison facilities. Aggregate data are collected on race and sex of prison inmates, inmates held in private facilities and local jails, system capacity, noncitizens, and persons age 17 or younger.
