This statistic shows the percent change in the number of state prisoners in the United States from 2016 to 2017, by state. The number of state prisoners in Alabama decreased by 14.7 percent from 2016 to 2017. Moreover, the overall number of state prisoners in the United States also decreased by 1.2 percent.
Percent change in number of state prisoners in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by state
Data includes inmate sentenced to more than one year and those sentenced to a year or less or with no sentence. The percent change in number of prisoners under federal jurisdiction during the same period was at 3.1 % decrease. The combined state and federal decrease was 1.4%.
States which are not presented here means data is not available.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (April 25, 2019). Percent change in number of state prisoners in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 06, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/302423/change-in-number-of-state-prisoners-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Percent change in number of state prisoners in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by state." Chart. April 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/302423/change-in-number-of-state-prisoners-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2019). Percent change in number of state prisoners in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/302423/change-in-number-of-state-prisoners-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Percent Change in Number of State Prisoners in The U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/302423/change-in-number-of-state-prisoners-in-the-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Percent change in number of state prisoners in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/302423/change-in-number-of-state-prisoners-in-the-us/ (last visited April 06, 2020)
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