ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — An incarceration rate of 500 means that, within a given population, there are 500 incarcerated individuals for every 100,000. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, New York's incarceration rate of 317 is more than double that of most of our international allies.
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According to the World Prison Brief, the U.S. takes the No. 6 overall spot in the world for incarceration rates at 531.