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Louisiana Hasn't Cut Incarceration Rates In The Last Five Years

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Louisiana is one of the only states that has not cut down on incarceration rates over the last five years, a new Pew report shows.

Louisiana is one of the only states that has not cut down on incarceration rates over the last five years, the Times-Picayune reports.

A new Pew report says that most states have managed to cut their imprisonment and crime rates in that time, but that's not true of Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate of any state.

Overall, the U.S. imprisonment rate has gone down 6 percent since 2008, but Louisiana's has stayed flat during that time period.

The next two highest incarceration rates are in Mississippi and Oklahoma. But, both Mississippi and Oklahoma have managed to cut their incarceration rates by 6 percent and 1 percent, respectively.

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