Female incarceration rates in the U.S. by level of institution 1982-2019
This statistic shows the incarceration rate among female residents in the United States from 1982 to 2019, by the administrative level of the prison. In 2019, the incarceration rate in federal prisons in the United States was 9.6 women for every 100,000 resident women - a sharp increase from a rate of 1.1 in 1982.