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CountRate per 100,000 residentsData reference dateSource link(s)
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State prisons18,560412Dec. 31, 2021
https://bjs.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh236/files/media/document/p21st.pdf
BJS, Prisoners in 2021 - Statistical Tables, Table 2
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Local jails27,220604June 30, 2021
ttps://bjs.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh236/files/media/document/cj0519st.pdf
BJS, Census of Jails, 2005-2019 - Statistical Tables, Table 1 (includes everyone under the supervision of local jails, including about 1,400 serving weekend-only sentences or in a program such as electronic monitoring, home detention, day reporting, community service, treatment programs, pretrial supervision and work programs. Excludes those supervised by probation/parole.
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Federal (BOP/USMS from KY, estimated) 3,146 70March 17, 2023 (for BOP pop); projected for FY 2023 as of Feb 2023 (for USMS); and March 27, 2021 (for percent from KY)
https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/population_statistics.jsp & https://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/2021-bop-origin.pdf
Calculated: Total BOP population plus USMS population minus USMS held in Federal facilities, multiplied by % of people held by BOP from Kentucky
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Youth confinement58813October 23, 2019
https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Age_Sex.asp
Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (2019) (based on state where offense occurred)
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Immigration detention1393March 6, 2023
https://www.ice.gov/doclib/detention/FY23_detentionStats230316.xlsx
ICE Detention Statistics, FY2023 YTD, Facilities
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Total confined (all categories)49,6531,102Calculated
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Total prison/jail/federal (exclude youth, immigration)48,9261,086Calculated
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Total state population4,506,589July 1, 2022
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-state-total.html
Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022
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