Source: Vera Institute of Justice, 2016 The size of jails today In 2014, the nationwide jail incarceration rate of 326 per 100,000 county residents exceeded the highest county rates registered in the 1970s, which rarely exceeded 300 per 100,000. Scroll the time slider or click the “Select data” button to navigate the data. Average incarceration […]

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