This database reports the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities on December 31st of each year. The number reported generally reflects prisoners with a sentence of more than one year in state and local facilities. In some cases, the reported number is based on custody counts. Numbers do not include prisoners in federal facilities. Note that responsibility for sentenced felons from the District of Columbia was transferred to the Federal Bureau of Prisons after year 2000. For additional information, see the Bureau of Justice Statistics, which is the source of these data.
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Number of prisoners Prisoners per 1,000 adults (age 15 and over)
