There were 366 inmates sentenced to jail in June, a 6.2% decrease from the month before.
Philadelphia County saw the most inmates sentenced in June in all of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania has an incarceration rate of 659 individuals per 100,000 inhabitants, which includes prisons, jails, immigration detention institutions, and juvenile justice facilities.
According to a 2022 study, Pennsylvania has maintained an approximately 64% three-year total recidivism rate for the past 16 years.
Top 10 Pennsylvania Counties by number of Incarcerations in June
| Rank | County | Inmates sentenced |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia | 8,688 |
| 2 | Allegheny | 2,397 |
| 3 | Dauphin | 1,503 |
| 4 | Lancaster | 1,471 |
| 5 | Delaware | 1,448 |
| 6 | Berks | 1,293 |
| 7 | Montgomery | 1,289 |
| 8 | York | 1,202 |
| 9 | Bucks | 1,023 |
| 10 | Lehigh | 1,000 |
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East Pennsboro• Borough of New Cumberland• Upper Mifflin• Silver Spring• Dickinson Township• Enola• Borough of Mechanicsburg• Lower Frankford• North Newton• Borough of Wormleysburg• Borough of Shiremanstown• Borough of Carlisle• South Newton• Borough of Camp Hill• Borough of Newville• Borough of Lemoyne• Messiah College Cdp• Boiling Springs• Hampden• Shippensburg University Cdp• Borough Of Mount Holly Springs• West Fairview• New Kingstown• South Middleton• Schlusser
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