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The West Virginia corrections department incarcerates about 10,000 people on a typical day, while the federal system houses more than 150,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

Those numbers, however, don't amount to much in the grand scheme, given the rate at which Louisiana "incarcerates and prosecutes and entangles people in the criminal legal system left and right every day," Romero said.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

The U.S. incarcerates so many in its 1,700 prisons that it held the dubious distinction of being the world leader in incarceration for 30 years.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024

It isn’t clear why she was serving her sentence at Hiland, which typically incarcerates state prisoners.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

He has a number of Indian policemen to assist him in preserving order, and a gaol in Metlakahtla, in which he incarcerates malefactors.

From Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission by Stock, Eugene