IN 10 YEARS INCARCERATED INMATES HAVE INCREASED 31.6%

​IN 10 YEARS INCARCERATED INMATES HAVE INCREASED 31.6%

In Pennsylvania, there are 28 state prisons, thirty years ago there was 8. From 1997 to 2007, the number of
incarcerated inmates has increased 31.6%. Pennsylvania general population increased less than 5%.

There are about 14,000 inmates in Pennsylvania’s 15 federal prisons.