USA Incarceration Rate

 

Q. Why does US have the most incarcerated?

    Incarceration is the state of being confined in prison, typically as punishment for a crime. Every country in the world has a prison system of some sort, though the exact nature of that system as well as the number of prisoners incarcerated within it varies tremendously from country to country.

    The United States leads the world in total number of people incarcerated, with more than 2 million prisoners nationwide (per data released in October 2021 by World Prison Brief). 

    This number is equivalent to roughly 25% of the world's total prison population and leads to an incarceration rate of 629 people per 100,000, the highest rate in the world. 

    The prison populations in each U.S. state vary from one to the next, with the highest rates in Louisiana and Oklahoma. Overall, the incarceration rate in the U.S. has skyrocketed in the past decade.

    The prison population was a mere 200,000 in 1972, less than a tenth of today's total. However, the current rate is the lowest it has been in 20 years.

Currently Rated

1. United States	1,767,200
2. China	1,690,000
3. Brazil	839,672	X
4. India	573,220	X
5. Russia	433,006
6. Turkey	341,497	X
7. Indonesia	266,512
8. Thailand	262,319
9. Mexico	231,906
10. Iran	189,000

    Mass incarceration in the United States is a civil rights issue and 0rganizations such as the Prison Policy Initiative argue that incarceration dehumanizes poor people and minorities, damages already marginalized communities, and often jails people for small-scale offenses such as marijuana possession in countries where weed is illegal.

    Additionally, evidence exists that a high incarceration rate does not actually increase public safety, a stance often validated by data on crime rate per country, high poverty levels and unemployment tend to inflate a country's crime rate. 

    Conversely, murder rates, 464,000 people were murdered in 2017—more than five times as many as were killed in armed conflicts during the same period. 

    In 2019, murder population was 162,900 and Negligent Manslaughter 19,200, Robbery 151,000

    Rape statistics, The biggest complication is that most victims of sexual violence choose not to report it. Rape goes grossly under-reported in many countries. It is estimated that approximately 35% of women worldwide have experienced sexual harassment in their lifetime. 

    In 2019, Rape/Sexual assault population was 167,800, a 97% higher conviction than murder itself

Gun violence per country, Gun violence is an ongoing concern all over the world. 

    The rate of gun deaths per country varies widely, from 39.2 per 100k residents in El Salvador to roughly 1 in a million in Singapore.  

    In 2021, 54% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides 26,328, while 43% were murders 20,958.

    For that matter, nor does capital punishment, commonly known as the death penalty.

    Mass incarceration can also lead to several logistical issues including prison overcrowding, which increases health risks and decreases the psychological well-being of those inside. 

    Around the world, many countries have jail occupancy rates that exceed 100% of their prison system's capacity. Kenya's jail occupancy level is currently 284%. Additionally, the massive number of prisons and prisoners places a significant strain on state budgets. 

    Prison costs include adequate security, food, recreational and education opportunities, infrastructure maintenance, utility costs for the facilities, healthcare for the prisoners, and (in better prisons) programs to train and rehabilitate inmates so they are less likely to return to prison in the future. 

    State prison spending varies greatly and can be as high as $69,355 per inmate per year (the average cost of an inmate in New York).

      Taking USA incarcerated inmates (the highest rate of incarceration) of 1,767,200 X's $69,355 per inmate equals $122,564,156

    It takes, Brazil, India, and Turkey to fill USA Prison Population today. That leaves, that is, there is 12,811 inmates above these three countries and 77,200 more inmates than China.

    That makes the United States ranking 6th, the highest in the world with 531 incarcerated people per 100,000.

    As of 2022, the US population is 333.3 million a percentage of .005, Brazil  .004%, India 4% and Turkey .004% based in the countries population.