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The number of prisoners per 100,000 residents in Louisiana in 2010 -- the highest imprisonment rate of any state that year. Maine had the lowest with 148.

The number of prisoners per 100,000 residents in Louisiana in 2010 -- the highest imprisonment rate of any state that year. Maine had the lowest with 148.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.