Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, local jail incarceration rates fell across the board in the United States. In June 2019, the local jail incarceration rate for Black inmates was 600 per 100,000 residents. This decreased the following year, where the jail incarceration rate was at 465 per 100,000 residents.
Local jail incarceration rate due to COVID-19 in the United States at midyear 2019 and midyear 2020
(per 100,000 residents)
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (March 10, 2021). Local jail incarceration rate due to COVID-19 in the United States at midyear 2019 and midyear 2020 (per 100,000 residents) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1221086/jail-incarceration-rate-covid-19-ethnicity-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Local jail incarceration rate due to COVID-19 in the United States at midyear 2019 and midyear 2020 (per 100,000 residents)." Chart. March 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1221086/jail-incarceration-rate-covid-19-ethnicity-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Local jail incarceration rate due to COVID-19 in the United States at midyear 2019 and midyear 2020 (per 100,000 residents). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1221086/jail-incarceration-rate-covid-19-ethnicity-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Local Jail Incarceration Rate Due to Covid-19 in The United States at Midyear 2019 and Midyear 2020 (per 100,000 Residents)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1221086/jail-incarceration-rate-covid-19-ethnicity-us/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics, Local jail incarceration rate due to COVID-19 in the United States at midyear 2019 and midyear 2020 (per 100,000 residents) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1221086/jail-incarceration-rate-covid-19-ethnicity-us/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Local jail incarceration rate due to COVID-19 in the United States at midyear 2019 and midyear 2020 (per 100,000 residents) [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, March 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1221086/jail-incarceration-rate-covid-19-ethnicity-us/
