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BJS — Bureau of Justice Statistics

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BJS — Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Department of Justice). Primary source for US correctional-system statistics: prison population (National Prisoner Statistics programme), incarceration rate, correctional expenditure.

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United States — Prison population

Total number of inmates; compare with capacity to assess overcrowding.
1.3M
2023
Source: U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Justice Programs· 2026
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