More prisons, further away: a closer look at the expanding global ...
Jul 6, 2022 · Global Prison Trends 2022 highlighted significant investment in new or expanding prison facilities in many countries, often as a result of rising prison populations and corresponding prison overcrowding, with new prison constructions increasing in …
Mass Incarceration Trends – The Sentencing Project
May 21, 2024 · In 1972, the imprisonment rate was 93 per 100,000 people. 11 The prison expansion that commenced in 1973 reached its peak in 2009, achieving a seven-fold increase over the intervening years. Between 1985 and 1995 alone, the total prison population grew an average of eight percent annually.
Locked in Costs: How U.S. States are Spending Billions on New …
Jan 6, 2024 · In the shadow of economic challenges and social upheavals, a surprising trend has emerged across various states in the United States: the allocation of substantial funds towards the construction of new prisons. Notably, Alabama is in the process of building a record-breaking $1.08 billion prison.
Private Prisons in the United States – The Sentencing Project
Feb 21, 2024 · Private for-profit prisons incarcerated 90,873 American residents in 2022, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 5%.
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2024 | Prison Policy Initiative
Mar 14, 2024 · In 2022, about 469,000 people entered prison gates, but people went to jail more than 7 million times. Some have just been arrested and will make bail within hours or days, while many others are too poor to make bail and remain in jail until their trial.
How the 1994 Crime Bill Fed the Mass Incarceration Crisis
Jun 4, 2019 · It’s true that the federal government has limited jurisdiction over mass incarceration and that incarceration rates were already high by 1994. But it’s also true that following passage of the federal crime bill, incarceration rates continued to climb for an additional 14 years.
The History of Mass Incarceration | Brennan Center for Justice
Jul 20, 2018 · In 2016, the Brennan Center examined convictions and sentences for the 1.46 million people behind bars nationally and found that fully 39 percent, or 576,000, were in prison without any public safety reason and could have been punished in a less costly and damaging way (such as community service).
Ending 50 Years of Mass Incarceration: Urgent Reform Needed to …
Feb 8, 2023 · At the current pace of decarceration, averaging 2.3% annually since 2009, it would take 75 years—until 2098—to return to 1972’s prison population.
Steam Workshop::Prison Expansion - Steam Community
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Understanding mass incarceration in the US is the first step to ...
Mar 2, 2023 · As a former prosecutor and a researcher who studies the criminal justice system, I have found that understanding how the U.S. incarceration rate grew over the last few decades is the key to...