What Trump’s Victory Means for the Private Prison Industry
Lauren-Brooke Eisen,    -  Brennan Center for Justice

Stephan: The United States has the shame of being the country with the largest  and most racist incarcerated population in the world.

In 2024, there were over 1.9 million people incarcerated in the United States, including:

_- 1,566 state prisons

• 98 federal prisons
  
• 3,116 local jails
  
• 1,323 juvenile correctional facilities
  
• 142 immigration deten … ⌘ Read more