There were 1,032 inmates in December 2022, a 5.2 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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Plumsteadville• Newtown Grant• Borough of Langhorne• Upper Southampton Township• Village Shires• Borough of Sellersville• Milford Square• Fairless Hills• Woodside• Borough of Chalfont• Nockamixon• Borough of Doylestown• Brittany Farms-The Highlands• Bensalem• Borough of Langhorne Manor• Hilltown• Borough of Yardley• Churchville• Cornwells Heights• Borough of Richlandtown• Croydon• Borough of Hulmeville• Bedminster• Feasterville• Spinnerstown• Bridgeton• Haycock• Falls• Lower Makefield• Borough of Tullytown• Eddington• Borough of New Hope• Borough of Ivyland• Borough of Riegelsville• Borough of Penndel• Borough Of New Britain• Upper Makefield• Wrightstown• Trevose• Woodbourne• Levittown• Borough Of Trumbauersville• Warminster Heights• Borough Of Silverdale• Lower Southampton• Borough Of Perkasie• Richboro• Borough Of Quakertown• Solebury
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