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2023 Prisoners in 1 (2023)

handle is hein.death/prsin2023 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau ofJustice Statistics September 2025, NCJ 310197 Prisoners in 2023 - Statistical Tables Derek Mueller, PhD, and Rich Kluckow, DSW, BJS Statisticians t yearend 2023, correctional authorities in the United States had jurisdiction over 1,254,200 persons in state or federal prisons, an increase of 2% or 24,100 persons from 2022 (1,230,100 persons) (figure 1). This rise mirrors the 2% increase reported in 2022. The number of persons held under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) declined 2% (down 2,700 persons) from 2022 to 2023, while the number held under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities increased 2% (up 26,800). The increase in jurisdiction counts for state correctional authorities marks the first time in more than a decade that there have been back-to-back increases in state jurisdiction counts. Ninety-six percent of persons in U.S. prisons in 2023 were sentenced to more than 1 year under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities (1,210,300). Thirty-nine states showed growth in their sentenced prison populations from 2022 to 2023, with seven states adding at least 1,000 persons. FIGUR E 1 Total and sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, 2013-2023 Prisoners 2,000,000 1,750,000 Total jurisdiction Sentenced jurisdiction 1,500,000 1,250,000 jurisdiction 1,000,000- 750,000 500,000 250,000 - -urisdictio 0 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 Year Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority ofstate or federal correctional officials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with any sentence status (total jurisdiction) and those sentenced to more than 1 year (sentenced jurisdiction). Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) and state counts are of total with any sentence status. See tables 1 and 3 for counts. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2013-2023. Highlights * The U.S. prison population was 1,254,200 at yearend 2023, an increase of 24,100 persons (up 2%) from 2022 (1,230,100). * The number of females in state or federal prison increased almost 4% from yearend 2022 (87,800) to yearend 2023 (91,100). * The number of males in prison increased in 38 states from 2022 to 2023, while the number of females in prison increased in 41 states during the same period. * Seven states increased their prison populations by more than 1,000 persons from yearend 2022 to yearend 2023. * State correctional authorities had jurisdiction over 1,067,000 persons sentenced to at least 1 year in prison, while the FBOP had legal authority over 143,300 persons with similar sentences. * At yearend 2023, 33% of sentenced state or federal prisoners were black, 31% were white, 23% were Hispanic, 2% were American Indian or Alaska Native, and 1% were Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander. Continued on next page IA i-Il -I -S p1' -S A -I CD