Incarceration Trends in

Arizona

Incarceration in Local Jails and State Prisons

This fact sheet provides at-a-glance information about how many people are locked up in both state prisons and county jails and shows where the state stands on a variety of metrics, so that policymakers and the public can better determine where to target reforms.

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Key Facts

Since 1983, the prison custody population has increased 628%. In 2018, there were 50,136 people in the Arizona prison system.
In 2015, Black people were jailed at 4.9 times the rate of white people.
The number of women in Arizona’s prisons has increased more than 20-fold, from 180 in 1978 to 3,720 in 2017.
Total Number of People in County Jails and State Prisons, 2015
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