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United States of America

Capital city — Washington

  • Country population

    328,239,523
    i
    07/2019
    / United States Census Bureau
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    639
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Federal Constitutional Republic (Presid…
  • Human Development Index

    0.926

    (17/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    5
    i
    2018
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Department of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    2,094,000

    U.S. Bureau of Ju…

    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    100 %
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    4,455

    3,163 local jails…

    i
    World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    9.8 %

    estimated percent…

    i
    12/2016
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.2 %
    i
    2014
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    23.4 %
    i
    2018
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
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    PdM
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