Aug
08
2010
Which State Locks Up the Most Youth? Crazy Prison Industrial Complex Fact of the Day 8/8/10
| Ten States with Highest Juvenile Correctional Population | |
| Mississippi | 5,325 |
| Georgia | 4,201 |
| California | 1,707 |
| Texas | 1,676 |
| Tennessee | 1,631 |
| Massachusetts | 1,479 |
| Colorado | 1,173 |
| Illinois | 1,163 |
| Louisiana | 1,111 |
| South Carolina | 1,095 |
| Source: 2010 Directory of Adult and Juvenile Correctional Departments, Institutions, Agencies and Probation and Parole Authorities | |
