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1999 Prison & Jail Inmates Midyear 1 (1999)

handle is hein.death/prjin1999 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Burau af Jsieatitc Bi ului Pnson and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1999 By Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statistician At midyear 1999 the Nation's prisons and jails incarcerated 1,860,520 persons. Federal and State prison authorities and local jail authorities held in their custody 682 persons per 100,000 U.S. residents. Prisoners in the custody of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Government accounted for two-thirds of the incarcerated population (1,254,577 inmates). The other third were held in local jails (605,943). On June 30, 1999, 1,333,561 prisoners were under Federal and State jurisdic- tion, which includes inmates in custody and persons under the legal authority of a prison system but held outside its facilities. The total increased 4.4% from midyear 1998. Vermont (up 14.9%), Wyoming (up 14.7%), and Delaware (up 14.3%) had the largest percentage increases. Nine States reported decreases, including Rhode Island (-11.2%) and Ohio (-4.5%). At midyear 1999 local jail authorities held or supervised 687,973 offenders - an increase of 3.5% from midyear 1998. Twelve percent of these offend- ers (82,030) were supervised outside jail facilities in programs such as community service, work release, weekend reporting, electronic monitor- ing, and other alternative programs April 2000, NCJ 181643 From yearend 1990 to midyear 1999, the Nation's prisons and jails grew by nearly 712,000 inmates, an annual increase of 5.8% Number in custody 2,000, 1,600, 1,200, 800, 400, 000- Federal prisons 000-a r 000 State prisons 000 000a JailIs 0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 From yearend 1990 to midyear 1999- * The rate of incarceration increased from 1 in every 218 U.S. residents to 1 in every 147. * State, Federal, and local govern- ments had to accommodate an additional 83,743 inmates per year (or the equivalent of 1,610 new inmates per week). In the year ending June 30, 1999 * The number of inmates held in jail rose by 13,481, in State prison by 34,238, and in Federal prison by 10,614. The rate of increase was the lowest since 1979 (prisons) and 1996 (jails). 117,995 inmates in Federal prisons 1,136,582 inmates in State prisons 605,943 inmates in local jails 1996 1997 1998June30, 1999 On June 30, 1999 - * An estimated 11% of black males, 4% of Hispanic males, and 1.5% of white males in their twenties and early thirties were in prison or jail. * Men were nearly 12 times more likely than women to be incarcerated. There were 106 female inmates per 100,000 women in the United States, compared to 1,261 male inmates per 100,000 men. * Louisiana had the highest total incar- ceration rate (1,025 prison and jail inmates per 100,000 residents), followed by Texas (1,014) and Georgia (956). Five States had incarceration rates below 300: Vermont (203), Maine (220), Minnesota (226), North Dakota (239), and Hawaii (291). 0

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