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1995 Prison & Jail Inmates Midyear 1 (1995)

handle is hein.death/prjin1995 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs August 1996, NCJ-1 61132 Prison and Jail Inmates, 1995 By Darrell K. Gilliard and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians An estimated 1,585,400 persons were incarcerated in the United States in 1995. Correctional authorities held in the Nation's prisons and jails 600 per- sons per 100,000 U.S. residents. Pris- oners in the custody of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Fed- eral Government accounted for two- thirds of the incarcerated population (1,078,357 inmates). The other third was held in local jails (507,044 inmates). On December 31, 1995, 1,127,132 prisoners were under Federal or State jurisdiction, a measure that, unlike custody, includes persons under the legal authority of a prison system held elsewhere or outside its facilities. The total increased 6.8% from yearend 1994. The States and the District of Columbia added 66,843 prisoners; the Federal system, 5,216. On June 30, 1995, local jail authorities held or supervised an estimated 541,913 offenders. Six percent of these offenders (34,869) were super- vised outside of a jail facility in an al- ternative program such as electronic monitoring, house detention (without electronic monitoring), or day report- ing. In 1995 local jail authorities held an estimated 507,044 offenders in their facilities, an increase of 4.2% during the 12 previous months. 1,200,000 ; @@; : & I 4 S200,000...................... .A 400,000.... . P X 0 ~ 4vO ....:;. :.:.. .0. ..,-. .......... 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Federal and State prisons (holding persons with longer sentences) On December 31, 1995- * 1,127,132 prisoners were under the jurisdiction of correctional auth- orities of the 50 States and the Dis- trict of Columbia (together holding 1,026,882) and of the Federal Government (100,250). * Over the 12 preceding months, the Nation's prison population grew by 72,059 prisoners - an increase of 6.8% since yearend 1994. * State prison systems were oper- ating between 14% and 25% over their reported capacity; the Federal system, 26% over the reported capacity. * Nearly 30% of all prisoners in the U.S. were incarcerated in California (135,646), Texas (127,766), and New York (68,484). 600,000................. 400,000 200,000 ....... .... 0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Local jails (holding unconvicted persons and those with shorter sentences) On June 30, 1995- e The Nation's local jails held or supervised an estimated 541,913 persons. Of that total, 34,869 were in community supervision programs such as electronic monitoring, house detention, and day reporting. * From midyear 1994, the number of persons held in local jails grew 4.2%- from 486,474 to 507,044. * An estimated 7,888 juveniles (under age 18) were held in local jails, an increase of 17% from 12 months before. Over three-quarters were tried or awaiting trial as adults. 0 Over the 12 preceding months, local jails added space for 41,439 inmates, an annual increase of 8%. This added space allowed local jails to operate at 7% below their rated capacity. In 1995 the Nation's prisons and jails held nearly 1.6 million Inmates, or 600 inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents

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