Us Prison Population 2025. There Are Fewer People Behind Bars Now Than 10 Years Ago. Will It Last? The Marshall Project The 2025 Fact Sheet breaks down the average daily population in USMS custody by three broad facility types: state and local facilities (40,652 in state prisons and local jails), directly-contracted private facilities (7,233), and federal Bureau of Prisons facilities (8,079 held mainly in BOP detention facilities); it also reports 191 people held in "other" unspecified facilities. Compare your forecast with the latest year of data or what's expected (the baseline) in 2025
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The 2025 Fact Sheet breaks down the average daily population in USMS custody by three broad facility types: state and local facilities (40,652 in state prisons and local jails), directly-contracted private facilities (7,233), and federal Bureau of Prisons facilities (8,079 held mainly in BOP detention facilities); it also reports 191 people held in "other" unspecified facilities. April 15-17, 2025: Sarah Staudt, our Director of Policy and Advocacy, will be attending the MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge Network Meeting from April 15-17 in Chicago.
Mass Incarceration The Whole Pie 2017 Prison Policy Initiative
An official website of the United States government Compare your forecast with the latest year of data or what's expected (the baseline) in 2025 Use our forecaster to explore how policy changes could affect state prison populations
Mass Incarceration The Whole Pie 2019 Prison Policy Initiative. That combination can lead to more violence, burnt out employees and. Data Source: See the Data sources & methodology section of the full Whole Pie report
At the Current Rate, Cutting the U.S. Prison Population by 50 Percent Would Take 72 Years. In 2022, the US prison population was 23.9% lower than the 2009 peak The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world