There were 422 inmates incarcerated in the third quarter of 2022, a 10.8 percent decrease from the month before.
Philadelphia County had the most inmates incarcerated in the third quarter of 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 Q3 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 |
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Amwell• Westland• Wolfdale• Borough of Donora• Fredericktown• Thompsonville• East Finley Township• Borough of Canonsburg• Borough of Marianna• Bulger• Borough of Ellsworth• Hendersonville• Borough of West Middletown• Millsboro• West Pike Run Township• Langeloth• Borough of Stockdale• Baidland• Joffre• Chartiers Township• Borough of Beallsville• Borough of East Washington• Borough of Long Branch• Borough of Deemston• Nottingham Township• Southview• East Bethlehem Township• Borough of Dunlevy• South Strabane Township• Van Voorhis• Wickerham Manor-Fisher• McGovern• Borough of Roscoe• Borough of California• West Alexander• Muse• Borough of Twilight• Gastonville• Wylandville• Borough of Burgettstown• Borough of Speers• Taylorstown• Borough of Houston• Cecil-Bishop• Elrama• Borough of North Charleroi• Borough of Green Hills• McMurray• North Bethlehem• Borough of Bentleyville• Meadowlands• Atlasburg• Peters Township• Avella• Borough Of New Eagle• Slovan• Borough Of Elco• Borough Of Claysville• Borough Of Coal Center• Borough Of Finleyville• West Bethlehem• Eighty Four• Borough Of Cokeburg• Paris• North Strabane Township• City Of Monongahela• Borough Of Charleroi• Borough Of West Brownsville
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