incarceration rate
Prisoners per capita
The incarceration rate is the number of people imprisoned relative to a population, typically expressed per 100,000 residents: The United States has the highest incarceration rate among developed nations.
The measure allows comparison across jurisdictions of different sizes and serves as an indicator of criminal justice policy severity.
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- prison populationAll persons currently incarcerated
- jailDetention facility
- behind barsIn jail
- locked upConfined or secured
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