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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.
Female incarceration rates if every US state were a country. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data is available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "Figure 1. This graph shows the number of women in state prisons, local jails, and federal prisons from each U.S. state per 100,000 people in that ...
Female incarceration rates by country and US state. Per 100,000 female population of all ages. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data are available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "This graph shows the number of women in state prisons, local jails, and federal prisons from each U.S. state per ...
[7] [8] In 2015 the US had the 2nd highest incarceration rate (698), behind the Seychelles rate of 799 per 100,000. [5] Comparing English-speaking developed countries; the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 (as of 2020), [9] England and Wales was 146 per 100,000 (as of 2023), [10] and Australia was 158 per 100,000 (as of 2022). [11]
Between 2000 and 2017, the incarceration rate for white women increased by 44%, while at the same time declining by 55% for African American women. [14] The Sentencing Project reports that by 2021, incarceration rates had declined by 70% for African American women, while rising by 7% for white women. [15]
Total U.S. incarceration (prisons and jails) peaked in 2008. Total correctional population peaked in 2007. [14] If all prisoners are counted (including those juvenile, territorial, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (immigration detention), Indian country, and military), then in 2008 the United States had around 24.7% of the world's 9.8 million prisoners.
Comparing other English-speaking developed countries, whereas the incarceration rate of the U.S. is 655 per 100,000 population of all ages, [5] the incarceration rate of Canada is 114 per 100,000 (as of 2015), [136] England and Wales is 146 per 100,000 (as of 2016), [137] Australia is 160 per 100,000 (as of 2016) [138] and Ireland is 82 per ...
The World Prison Brief at PrisonStudies.org is an online database providing free access to information on prison systems around the world. It is now hosted by the Institute For Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), [1] Birkbeck College, University of London.