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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.
According to a November 2017 report by the World Prison Brief around 212,000 of the 714,000 female prisoners worldwide (women and girls) are incarcerated in the United States. [11] In the United States in 2016, women made up 9.8% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [12] [13]
The United States has the highest prison and jail population (2,121,600 in adult facilities in 2016) as well as the highest incarceration rate in the world (655 per 100,000 population in 2016). [ 5 ] [ 130 ] [ 131 ] According to the World Prison Population List (11th edition) there were around 10.35 million people in penal institutions ...
Even though America is supposed to be the land of the free, the U.S. has a reputation for having the highest number of its citizens incarcerated. The number of people incarcerated varies by state.
The population is projected to fall from 94,000 today to 85,000 inmates by 2027. There are currently 15,000 empty beds, and the analyst's office projects an increase to 19,000 empty beds by 2028.
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In 2022, the United States had 1,808,100 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails), at a rate of 541 per 100,000 population. That was the 5th highest rate in the world. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] In 2021, the United States had 1,767,200 inmates in adult facilities (prisons and jails). [ 3 ]
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