From The Prison Policy Initiative:
The Prison Policy Initiative is a research and activist organization focused on issues related to mass incarceration. Below we list some of the most important statistics about the U.S. criminal legal system, for use in your reporting. (All data below are the most recent statistics available as of April 2024. Statistics before 2018 are noted.) You can see all of these statistics and more on our website at www.prisonpolicy.org. You can also write to us with questions at 69 Garfield Ave, Floor 1, Easthampton, MA 01027.
The big picture
Number of people locked up in the U.S. on any given day: 1.9 million
Number of women locked up in the U.S. on any given day: 190,600
Number of people in state and federal prisons: 1.28 million
Number of people in local jails: 550,000
U.S. incarceration rate: 664 per 100,000 people (the highest of any country in the world)
>State with the highest incarceration rate: Louisiana (1,094 per 100,000 people)
State with the lowest incarceration rate: Massachusetts (275 per 100,000 people)
Canada’s incarceration rate, for comparison: 104 per 100,000 people
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