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Q2: Douglas County had the fifth highest number of inmates incarcerated

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Harold Wickham, Deputy Director - Programs | doc.nv.gov

Harold Wickham, Deputy Director - Programs | doc.nv.gov

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

There were 164 inmates incarcerated in the second quarter of 2024, a 2.5% increase over the quarter before.

Clark County saw the most inmates incarcerated in the second 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 Q2
RankCounty# of inmates incarcerated
1Clark County5,651
2Washoe County1,667
3Carson City198
4Nye County182
5Douglas County164
5Elko County164
7Lyon County158
8Churchill County127
9White Pine County86
10Humboldt County47
11Lincoln County31
12Mineral County30
13Pershing County16
14Lander County9
15Storey County7
16Eureka County3
17Esmeralda County2

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