How many prisons and detention centers are there in the United States?

The directory lists 2,738 facilities in the United States, spread across 55 states and territories and 1,886 localities. The regions with the most facilities are California, Texas, Georgia. By type: Prisons and penitentiaries (1,314), Local and county jails (1,056), Juvenile detention centers (265), Women's prisons (50), Immigration detention (36), Forensic psychiatric facilities (15), Military prisons (2). These are the facilities mapped as such in OpenStreetMap, so the figure may not include every real facility.

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