Incarceration in the United States is one of the main forms of
punishment,
rehabilitation, or both for the commission of
felony and other
offenses. The United States has the largest prison population in the world, and the second-highest per-capita incarceration rate, behind
Seychelles (which in 2014 had a total prison population of 735 out of a population of around 92,000). In 2013 in the US, there were 698 people incarcerated per 100,000 population. This is the U.S. incarceration rate for adults or people tried as adults.