After years of steady declines, Tennessee’s prison population climbed by nearly eight percent last year, the Tennessee Lookout reports. Tennessee added 1,615 more men and 125 more women to its roster of state prisoners in 2022, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Justice. Only Mississippi, Colorado and Montana experienced greater gains.
By the end of 2022, there were 23,735 state inmates in Tennessee; the data does not include the population in county jails, which hold individuals for misdemeanor offenses and those awaiting trial.
(See the complete story by Anita Wadhwani at https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/12/04/tennessees-prison-population-grows-as-violent-crime-drops-steeply/ )