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2005 Prison & Jail Inmates Midyear 1 (2005)

handle is hein.death/prjin2005 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2005 May 2006, NCJ 213133 Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians At midyear 2005 the Nation's prisons and jails incarcerated 2,186,230 persons. Prisoners in the custody of the 50 States and the Federal system accounted for two-thirds of the incarcerated population (1,438,701) inmates). The other third were held in local jails (747,529), not including persons in community-based programs.1 On June 30, 2005, 1,512,823 prisoners were under Federal and State jurisdiction, which includes inmates in custody and persons under the legal authority of a prison system but held outside its facilities. During the 12-month period ending June 30, 2005, the number under State jurisdiction rose 1.2%, while the number under Federal jurisdiction rose 2.9%. Montana (up 7.9%), South Dakota (up 7.8%), Minnesota (up 6.7%), and Kentucky (up 6.4%) had the largest percentage increases. Twelve States had decreases, including Vermont (-2.9%), Idaho (-2.8%), and New York (-2.5%). At midyear 2005 local jail authorities held or supervised 819,434 offenders. Nine percent of these offenders (71,905) were supervised outside jail facilities in programs such as community service, work release, weekend reporting, electronic monitoring, and other alternative programs. 1See box on page 7 for description of jail populations. Nation's prison population rose 1.6%; jail population, 4.7% Prison Number of Jail Number of population inmates population jail inmates 5 highest: Federal 184,484 California 82,138 Texas 171,338 Texas 66,534 California 166,532 Florida 63,620 Florida 87,545 Georgia 44,965 New York 62,963 Pennsylvania 34,455 5 lowest: North Dakota 1,338 North Dakota 944 Vermont 1,975 South Dakota 1,432 Wyoming 2,026 Maine 1,545 Maine 2,084 Wyoming 1,551 New Hampshire 2,561 New Hampshire 1,728 *Prison and jail inmates per 100,000 residents. From midyear 2004 to midyear 2005 - - The number of inmates in custody in local jails rose by 33,539; in State prison by 15,858; and in Federal prison by 6,584. - The smaller State prison systems had the greatest percentage increase: Montana (up 7.9%) and South Dakota (up 7.8%). On June 30, 2005 - - A total of 2,266 State prisoners were under age 18. Adult jails held a total of 6,759 persons under age 18. - State and Federal correctional authorities held 91,117 noncitizens (6.4% of all prisoners), down from 91,815 at midyear 2004. - There were 129 female prison and jail inmates per 100,000 women in the United States, compared to 1,366 male prison and jail inmates per 100,000 men. Rate per Total incar- 100,000 ceration rate residents* Louisiana Georgia Texas Mississippi Oklahoma Maine Minnesota Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire 1,138 1,021 976 955 919 273 300 313 317 319 - An estimated 12% of black males, 3.7% of Hispanic males, and 1.7% of white males in their late twenties were in prison or jail. - In three States - Iowa, South Dakota, and Wisconsin - black prison and jail inmates represented 4% of the black State population. Pennsylvania (with 1,714 Hispanic inmates per 100,000 Hispanic residents) and Idaho (1,654) had the highest Hispanic incar- ceration rates. - Local jails were operating 5% below their rated capacity. In contrast, at yearend 2004 State prison systems were between 1% below capacity and 15% above; the Federal prison system was operating at 40% above rated capacity. - Privately operated prison facilities held 101,228 inmates (up 2.7% since midyear 2004). The Federal system reported the largest increase among inmates in private prisons (up 2,038). Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin ®

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