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The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018.
As of 2010, the U.S. spent $80 billion on corrections expenditures at the federal, state and local levels, according to The Brookings Institute. 20 states that spend the most on prisons Skip to ...
One of the criticisms of the United States system is that it has much longer sentences than any other part of the world. The typical mandatory sentence for a first-time drug offense in federal court is five or ten years, compared to other developed countries around the world where a first time offense would warrant at most 6 months in jail. [32]
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The National Association of State Budget Officers reports: "In fiscal 2009, corrections spending represented 3.4 percent of total state spending and 7.2 percent of general fund spending." They also report: "Some states exclude certain items when reporting corrections expenditures. Twenty-one states wholly or partially excluded juvenile ...
But prison closures alone won’t be enough to address out-of-control corrections spending. The state also has to take on special interest groups such as the California corrections officers, who ...
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]
State corrections records show that a majority of Kentucky’s 77 local and regional jails already are overcrowded. Its 14 state prisons are nearly full. Sign up for our Bluegrass Politics Newsletter