Data: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Chart: Axios Visuals Between the lines: Between 2021-2022, Texas' female prison population increased about 8% while the male prison population increased 4%.

Ohio’s jail and prison population continues to swell, the ACLU of Ohio says, thanks to “mass incarceration by 1,000 cuts.” ...

Data: The Marshall Project via U.C. Irvine and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Note: Rates calculated using prison populations at the start of each year; Chart ... than the free population during ...

While the state has made progress in reducing its overall prison population, this demographic of aging inmates has doubled since 2009 and almost quadrupled since 2000. The elderly population ...