1,079

Number of people held in prisons and jails in Oklahoma per 100,000 residents, the highest incarceration rate in the world.

[Prison Policy Initiative]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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