There were 1,226 inmates in December 2022, a 6.6 percent decrease from the month before.
Philadelphia County had the most inmates in December 2022 in all of Pennsylvania.
Incarceration rates in Pennsylvania have increased dramatically, imprisoning more than seven times the number of people in 2019 than in 1970.
Sentencing practices in Pennsylvania were found to have overwhelmingly impacted people of color.
Pennsylvania Counties with highest number of Inmates sentenced in December 2022
| Rank | County | Inmates sentenced |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia | 8,656 |
| 2 | Allegheny | 2,404 |
| 3 | Dauphin | 1,491 |
| 4 | Lancaster | 1,437 |
| 5 | Delaware | 1,406 |
| 6 | Berks | 1,286 |
| 7 | Montgomery | 1,226 |
| 8 | York | 1,178 |
| 9 | Bucks | 1,032 |
| 10 | Lehigh | 978 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Wyncote• Gilbertsville• Willow Grove• King of Prussia• Montgomeryville• Collegeville• Salford• Stowe• Upper Hanover• Borough of Souderton• Wyndmoor• Borough of Bridgeport• Spring Mount• Trooper• Oreland• Plymouth Meeting• Whitemarsh Township• Upper Moreland• Jenkintown Borough• Pottsgrove• Worcester• Halfway House• New Hanover• Upper Merion Township• Perkiomen• Borough of Royersford• Borough of Hatboro• City of Lansdale• West Pottsgrove• Borough of Conshohocken• Lower Moreland• Woxhall• Narberth Borough• Sanatoga• Whitpain• Borough of Pottstown• Borough of Schwenksville• Spring House• Borough of West Conshohocken• Borough of Norristown• Limerick Township• Glenside• Borough of Red Hill• Borough of North Wales• Kulpsville• Arcadia University Cdp• Evansburg• Penn Wynne• Blue Bell• Borough of Pennsburg• Borough Of Trappe• Borough Of Rockledge• Cheltenham• Flourtown• Maple Glen• Borough Of East Greenville• West Norriton• Borough Of Hatfield• Upper Gwynedd• Lower Merion• Bryn Mawr• Upper Salford• Borough Of Bryn Athyn• Harleysville• Borough Of Green Lane• Audubon• Fort Washington• Borough Of Ambler
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