Last updated on: 9/28/2022 | Author: ProCon.org

Private Prisons Population Increased 14% from 2000 to 2020

According to the Sentencing Project, “[p]rivate prisons incarcerated 99,754 American residents in 2020, representing 8% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased 14%.