There were 342 inmates in December 2022, a 5.5 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 |
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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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