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, ...

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

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.

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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.

The elderly population, which is more prone to chronic health conditions than the general public, is stretching the state’s corrections budget and prompting officials to rethink core healthcare ...

The prison population stands at 88,103, just 418 below the record high of 88,521, which was reached on September 6 last year. Sign in. News Sport ...

On another chart, Hamm showed that Alabama’s daily cost to maintain inmates has risen 21% in four years, from $72 in fiscal year 2020 to a projected $87 in fiscal year 2024.

Cyprus has topped the chart for prison overcrowding, with a staggering 166 inmates per 100 places. The country’s prison records do not stop here, as it is also first for the percentage of female ...

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.