Report: Oklahoma tops states in incarceration rate
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June 8, 2018
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma now has the highest incarceration rate in the U.S., according to a recent study.
The Prison Policy Initiative released its "States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2018" study last month. The nonprofit's data figures account for state prisons, local jails, federal prisoners and other systems of confinement, the Tulsa World reported .
Oklahoma's incarceration rate is 1,079 per 100,000 people, unseating Louisiana at No. 1 in the country, according to the report. Louisiana has an incarceration rate of 1,052 per 100,000 people.
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