There were 284 inmates in December 2022, a 5.3 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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Borough of Hydetown• Borough of Conneaut Lake• Harmonsburg• Atlantic• Canadohta Lake• Kerrtown• Geneva• Adamsville• Borough of Cochranton• North Shenango• Borough of Spartansburg• Borough of Saegertown• Borough of Blooming Valley• Hartstown• Borough of Linesville• Riceville• East Mead• West Shenango• Pymatuning Central• City of Titusville• Guys Mills• Borough of Springboro• Pymatuning South• Borough of Townville• Cambridge• Borough of Conneautville• Conneaut Lakeshore• Borough Of Cambridge Springs• City Of Meadville• South Shenango• Pymatuning North• Lincolnville• Steuben• West Mead
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