Number of escapees from prisons in the U.S. 2000-2019

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 2, 2023
In 2019, 2,231 inmates escaped from state or federal prisons in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous year, when 2,351 prisoners escaped from facilities across the United States.

Number of escapees from state and federal prisons in the United States from 2000 to 2019

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Release date

October 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Generated using the Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT)-Prisoners at www.bjs.gov.

Values are year-end population.

Release date is date data accessed.

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