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Q1: Douglas County had the fifth highest number of inmates incarcerated

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Brian Williams, Deputy Director - Operations | doc.nv.gov

Brian Williams, Deputy Director - Operations | doc.nv.gov

Douglas County saw the fifth highest number of inmates incarcerated among Nevada counties in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

There were 160 inmates incarcerated in the first quarter of 2024, an 11.1% increase over the quarter before.

Clark County saw the most inmates incarcerated in the first quarter of 2024 in all of Nevada.

Every year, at least 38,000 people are booked into Nevada's local jails.

Nevada has an incarceration rate of 713 per 100,000 people, which means it incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other democracy in the world, according to 2020 U.S. Census data obtained by the Prison Policy Initiative.

Nevada Counties With Highest Number of Inmates incarcerated in Q1
RankCounty# of inmates incarcerated
1Clark County5,579
2Washoe County1,598
3Carson City200
4Nye County178
5Douglas County160
6Lyon County155
7Elko County152
8Churchill County124
9White Pine County76
10Humboldt County49
11Mineral County31
12Lincoln County30
13Pershing County18
14Lander County8
15Storey County7
16Eureka County3
17Esmeralda County2

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