Add to ORKGThe United States currently incarcerates its residents at a rate that is greater than every other country in the world. Aggregating the state and federal prison populations as well as inmates in local jails, there were 737 inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents in 2005 (International Centre for Prison Studies 2007). This compares with a world average of 166 per 100,000 and a
Mass incarceration is a term used to describe the United States locking up people in prisons and jai...
The United States holds roughly 5 percent of the total world population, but also houses 25 percent ...
Throughout history the penal system has been viewed as the paramount means of dealing with criminals...
The United States correctional population is viewed as a pressing societal problem with widespread e...
The United States has experienced a precipitous rise in its state and federal prison population over...
America leads the world in custody. The country’s 5,000 jails and prisons hold a staggering 2.24 mil...
On any given day, about 2.2 million people are confined in U.S. jails and prisons—nearly 0.9% of Ame...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States experienced an exponential growth in its prison population...
Wait, does the United States have 1.4 million or more than 2 million people in prison? Are most peop...
In the contemporary United States, more than 2.3 million peo-ple are incarcerated in prisons and jai...
The United States, now with more than 625,000 inmates in prison, has long been recognized as a count...
This fact sheet makes simple side-by-side comparisons of the most reliable and current statistics fr...
As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons impr...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States embarked on a shift in its penal policies, tripling the pe...
The United States has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world. This has not always been s...
Mass incarceration is a term used to describe the United States locking up people in prisons and jai...
The United States holds roughly 5 percent of the total world population, but also houses 25 percent ...
Throughout history the penal system has been viewed as the paramount means of dealing with criminals...
The United States correctional population is viewed as a pressing societal problem with widespread e...
The United States has experienced a precipitous rise in its state and federal prison population over...
America leads the world in custody. The country’s 5,000 jails and prisons hold a staggering 2.24 mil...
On any given day, about 2.2 million people are confined in U.S. jails and prisons—nearly 0.9% of Ame...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States experienced an exponential growth in its prison population...
Wait, does the United States have 1.4 million or more than 2 million people in prison? Are most peop...
In the contemporary United States, more than 2.3 million peo-ple are incarcerated in prisons and jai...
The United States, now with more than 625,000 inmates in prison, has long been recognized as a count...
This fact sheet makes simple side-by-side comparisons of the most reliable and current statistics fr...
As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons impr...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States embarked on a shift in its penal policies, tripling the pe...
The United States has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world. This has not always been s...
Mass incarceration is a term used to describe the United States locking up people in prisons and jai...
The United States holds roughly 5 percent of the total world population, but also houses 25 percent ...
Throughout history the penal system has been viewed as the paramount means of dealing with criminals...