“New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state”
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
state agency. in a news release. Claim dated 8 Nov 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
Among states with populations greater than 10 million, New York's rate of imprisonment is lowest.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (state agency) made this claim around 8 November 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 November 2021, 11 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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