| ICYMI, States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2024 |
Date: 12-08-2024
The incarceration rates of every U.S. state and territory alongside those of the other nations of the world |
From Prison Policy Institute:
The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on earth — worse, every single state incarcerates more people per capita than most nations. In the global context, even “progressive” U.S. states like New York and Massachusetts appear as extreme as Louisiana and Mississippi in their use of prisons and jails.
Read the report here.
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