There were about 87,784 female prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities in the United States as of December 2022. This is an increase from the previous year, when there were 83,651 female prisoners in the country.
Number of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities from 2005 to 2022, by gender
U.S. total includes federal prisoners not distributed by state and prison system. For years ending December 31.
*Total and state estimates for 2018 and 2019 include imputed counts for jurisdictions that did not submit National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data in time to be included in the report.
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (November 30, 2023). Number of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities from 2005 to 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252828/number-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/
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Number of prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities from 2005 to 2022, by gender [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252828/number-of-prisoners-in-the-us-by-gender/
