Anonymous ID: ac8db0 June 2, 2020, 7:09 a.m. No.9428458   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8472

>>9427924

 

At end of 2018, US prisoner population (federal and state) was 1,465,200. Assume this hasn't changed too much in past year.

 

172,401 / 1,465, 200 = 11.8%

 

Roughly speaking, we're looking at a 12% (and growing) increase in the prison population.

 

Sauce: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p18_sum.pdf