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2015 Corr. Populations U.S. 1 (2015)

handle is hein.death/cpopus0020 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2016, NCJ 250374 Correctional Populations in the United States, 2015 Danielle Kaeble and Lauren Glaze, BJS Statisticians t yearend 2015, an estimated 6,741,400 persons were under the supervision of U.S. adult correctional systems, about 115,600 fewer persons than yearend 2014 (figure 1). This was the first time since 2002 (6,730,900) that the correctional population fell below 6.8 million. The population declined by 1.7% during 2015, which was the largest decline since 2010 (down 2.1%). Additionally, the decrease was a change from a 3-year trend of stable annual rate declines of about 0.6% between 2012 and 2014. About 1 in 37 adults in the United States was under some form of correctional supervision at the end of 2015. This was the lowest rate observed since 1994, when about 1 in 38 adults (1.6 million fewer persons) were under correctional supervision in the nation (not shown).' This report summarizes data from several Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) correctional data collections to provide statistics on the total 'See the Key Statistics page on the BJS website for correctional population statistics prior to 2000 or other years not included in the tables and figures of this report. FIGURE 1 Total population under the supervision of U.S. adult correctional systems and annual percent change, 2000-2015 PopulationA Annual percent change 8,000,000 8.0 7,000,000 7.0 6,000,000 6.0 5,000,000 5.0 4,000,000 4.0 3,000,000 3.0 2,000,000 2.0 1,000,000 1.0 00. 1.0 Percent change 2.0 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 11 '12 '13 '14 '15 Note: Estimates were rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates may not be comparable to previously published BJS reports because of updated information or rounding. Includes estimates for nonresponding jurisdictions. Detail may not sum to total due to adjustments to account for offenders with multiple correctional statuses. See Methodology. See the KeyStatistics page on the BJS website for correctional population statistics prior to 2000. *Estimates include offenders in the community under the jurisdiction of probation or parole agencies as of December 31, under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons as of December 31, or in the custody of local jails as of the last weekday in June. Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Probation Survey, Annual Parole Survey, Annual Survey of Jails, Census of Jail Inmates, and National Prisoner Statistics program, 2000-2015. HIGHLIGHTS * At yearend 2015, an estimated 6,741,400 persons were supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems, a decrease of about 115,600 persons from yearend 2014. * About 1 in 37 adults (or 2.7% of adults in the United States) was under some form of correctional supervision at yearend 2015, the lowest rate since 1994. The U.S. correctional population declined 1.7% during 2015 due to decreases in both the community supervision (down 1.3%) and incarcerated (down 2.3%) populations. By yearend 2015, the community supervision population (4,650,900) fell to the lowest level since 2000 (4,564,900). The incarcerated population in 2015 (2,173,800) fell to the lowest levels since 2004 (2,136,600). * All of the decrease in the community supervision population during 2015 was due to a drop in the probation population (down 2.0%). The decline in the incarcerated population in 2015 (down 51,300) represented the largest annual decrease since 2009. In 2015, the majority (69%) of the decline in the incarcerated population resulted from the drop in the prison population (down 35,500). BJS

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