Number of prisoners reached 2,173,800 persons in 2015 in the USA, according to the United Nations. This is 2.31% less than in the previous year.
Historically, number of prisoners in the USA reached an all time high of 2,310,300 persons in 2008 and an all time low of 856,906 persons in 1987.
USA has been ranked 1st within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners.
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