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2005 Census St. & Fed. Corr. Facilities [1] (2005)

handle is hein.death/csfcf0004 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs October 2008, NCJ 222182 National Prisoner Statistics Pro2ran Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2005 by James J. Stephan BJS Statistician The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) conducted a national census-Census of State and Federal Correctional Facili- ties (CSFCF)-of adult correctional facilities operating under state or federal authority as of December 2005. The census also included private and local facilities operating under contract to house inmates for federal or state correc- tional authorities. Facilities that housed primarily state or federal prisoners and that were operational on the day of the census and physically, functionally, and administratively separate from other facilities were included in the 2005 CSFCF. The types of facilities included were prisons and prison farms; prison hospitals; centers for medical treatment and psychiatric confinement; boot camps; centers for reception; diagnosis; classification; alcohol and drug treatment; community cor- rectional facilities; facilities for parole violators and other persons returned to custody; institutions for youthful offend- ers; and institutions for geriatric inmates. The 2005 CSFCF excluded city, county, and regional jails and private facilities that did not house primarily state or federal inmates. It also excluded facilities for the military, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and correctional hospital wards not operated by correctional authorities. Selected findings from the Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2005 - From June 30, 2000, to December 30, 2005, the number of state and federal correctional facilities increased by 9%, from 1,668 to 1,821. The number of prisoners held in custody increased by 10%, from 1,305,253 to 1,430,208. Private correctional facilities (up 151) accounted for nearly all of the increase in the number of adult correc- tional facilities between June 30, 2000, and December 30, 2005. Most of the growth in private correctional facil- ities during this period was in facilities under contract to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. From 2000 to 2005, the number of private facilities increased from 16% (264) to 23% (415) of all institu- tions. About two-thirds of all private facilities were under contract to state authorities and a third were under con- tract to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Inmates housed in private facilities increased from 91,184 in 2000 to 105,451 in 2005. In both years, inmates housed in private facilities made up about 7% of the nation's average daily prisoner population. Between 2000 and 2005, facilities housing fewer than 500 inmates as an average daily population increased by 86. Facilities housing 500 to 999 inmates was rela- tively unchanged between 2000 (305) and 2005 (304). Facilities housing 1,000 to 2,499 inmates increased by 57 and the number of facilities housing 2,500 inmates or more rose by 11. The number of minimum (up 155) and maximum (up 40) security facilities increased between 2000 and 2005. The number of medium-security facilities declined (down 42) during this period. The number of facilities under court order or consent decree to limit the size of their inmate population declined from 145 in 2000 to 44 in 2005. Facilities under court order or consent decree for specific conditions also declined, from 320 to 218.

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