A new study has identified Mississippi as the state with the highest increase in incarceration rates, with a 14.5 percent rise over the past year.
A map reveals the U.S. states with the fastest-growing prison populations.The data comes from a new study that identified Mississippi as the state with the highest increase in incarceration rates, with a significant rise of 14.5 percent over the course of a year. This finding is part of a broader trend that saw the total number of prisoners nationwide grow by 2.1 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics which analyzed incarceration rates in each state from 2021 to 2022.
Tennessee and Minnesota both saw a 7.9 percent rise in their prison populations.Top Five States With Year-on-Year Increase in Incarceration Rates: Mississippi: 14.5% increase Montana: 8.8% increase Colorado: 8.2% increase Tennessee: 7.9% increase Minnesota: 7.9% increase In contrast to the rising incarceration rates in some states, others have seen significant reductions. Virginia leads with a 10.5 percent decrease in its prison population, reducing the number from 30,357 to 27,162 inmates.
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