February 4, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – State prisons in the United States became more violent and nearly 50% deadlier over the past five years as authorities struggled to keep enough guards on the job, according to a government-funded report to be released on Wednesday.
The United States locks away more people than any other nation, including about 1 million people in state-run prisons. The previously unreported evaluation, opens new tab, paid for by the U.S. Department of Justice and conducted by an initiative called Safe Inside, found that those systems are under increasing strain, even as many states sharply reduced the number of people they locked up.
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