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2022 Prisoners in 1 (2022)

handle is hein.death/prsin2022 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics November 2023, NCJ 307149 Prisoners in 2022 - Statistical Tables E. Ann Carson, PhD,former BJS Statistician; and Rich Kluckow, DSW, BJS Statistician yearend 2022, correctional authorities in the United States had jurisdiction over 1,230,100 persons in state or federal prisons, an increase of 2% or 25,100 persons from yearend 2021 (1,205,100 persons) (figure 1). This rise erased the 1% decline reported in 2021 and marked the first increase in the combined state and federal prison population in almost a decade (since 2013). The number of persons held under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) grew 1% (up 2,000 persons) from 2021 to 2022, while the number held under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities increased 2% (up 23,100). Ninety-six percent of persons in U.S. prisons in 2022 were sentenced to more than 1 year under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities (1,185,600). Thirty-five states and the BOP showed growth in their sentenced prison populations from 2021 to 2022, with increases of at least 1,000 persons in eight states and the BOP. Findings in this report are based on the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program, administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The program collects annual data from FIGURE 1 Total and sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, 2012-2022 Prisoners 1,700,000 - 1,600,000 1,500,000 1,400,000 1,300,000 F 1,200,000 1,100,000 1,000,0OG 2012 2014 2016 2018 Year 2020 2022 Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional officials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with any sentence status (total) and those sentenced to more than one year (sentenced). See tables 1 and 3 for counts. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2012-2022. Highlights * The U.S. prison population was 1,230,100 at yearend 2022, a 2% increase from yearend 2021 (1,205,100). * The number of females in state or federal prison increased almost 5% from yearend 2021 (83,700) to yearend 2022 (87,800). * Nine states and the BOP increased their total prison populations by over 1,000 persons from yearend 2021 to yearend 2022. State correctional authorities had jurisdiction over 1,039,500 persons sentenced to at least 1 year in prison in 2022, while the BOP had legal authority over 146,100 persons with similar sentences. * At yearend 2022, an estimated 32% of sentenced state and federal prisoners were black; 31% were white; 23% were Hispanic; 2% were American Indian or Alaska Native; and 1% were Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander. The imprisonment rate at yearend 2022 (355 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages) was down 26% from yearend 2012 (480 per 100,000) but up 1% from yearend 2021 (350 per 100,000). * In 2022, states and the BOP admitted 469,200 persons to prison, which was 20,800 more than they released that year (448,400) and 48,200 more than they admitted the year before (421,000). i-Ia w p1' -S w i-urn -S A -I w 0* I'D BJ Total ---Sentenced ---------- ----------------------- - - - - -------------- --------- ------ --- ° ;, ------------

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