There were 1,491 inmates in December 2022, a 4.4 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 Paxtang• Palmdale• Skyline View• Borough of Dauphin• Borough of Lykens• Borough of Millersburg• Upper Paxton• Lenkerville• Borough of Highspire• Hershey• Borough of Hummelstown• Borough of Royalton• Middle Paxton• Wiconsico• West Hanover• Borough of Penbrook• Bressler• Paxtonia• Oberlin• Union Deposit• Borough of Steelton• Lawnton• City of Harrisburg• Borough of Pillow• Borough of Elizabethville• Rutherford• Colonial Park• Borough Of Williamstown• Enhaut• Lower Paxton• Linglestown• Borough Of Gratz• Progress• Borough Of Berrysburg
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