Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

This chart, using data from the U.S. Department of Justice, ... The prison population inched up 2 percent in 2022 and again in 2023, and it is possible that a similar rise took place in 2024, ...

Moreover, according to the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, during the pandemic the prison population fell from around 110, 000 in 2020 to about 95,000 in 2023.

The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.

People incarcerated in CT disproportionately come from the state's largest cities. Here are the towns with the highest imprisonment rate.

While the state has made progress in reducing its overall prison population, this demographic of aging inmates has doubled since 2009 and almost quadrupled since 2000.

According to the report, the population in 2024 was 32,778, a sharp decline from 51,554 in 2007. Officials predict that the population will continue to decrease by the end of 2029.

Michigan’s prison population has fallen to its lowest level in more than three decades, and state officials say the decline is no accident. The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) reported ...