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1980 Prisoners in 1 (1980)

handle is hein.death/prsin1980 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Bueuo utieSaitc Buleti Pnisoners in 1980 During 1980 more than 15,000 in- mates were added to the rolls of the Nation's correctional institutions, continuing an upward trend stretching back for more than a decade.1 As correctional authorities coped with a record yearend total of 329,122 in- mates, 28 States and the District of Columbia were under court orders to reduce overcrowding, and 16 States had a backlog of sentenced prisoners wait- ing in local jails for space in State facilities. The 1980 increase in the prisoner population was 5 percent, more than double the increases of the two previous years. Since the uptrend began in 1969, the number of prisoners held in the United States has increased by 61 percent, and the incarceration rate for sentenced prisoners has gone from 98 per 100,000 U.S. resident population to 140 per 100,000. I Data in this report are preliminary and subject to revision. May 1981 With this report the Bureau of Jus- tice Statistics introduces Bulletin readers to statistics from the National Prisoner Statistics (N PS) program. NPS series, which are among the oldest in the criminal justice field, contain annual data on the prison populations, prison admis- sions and releases, characteristics of the death row population, and executions. The 1980 gain in prison population was limited to State facilities. The number of prisoners under the juris- diction of Federal authorities fell by almost 8 percent to 24,363, continuing a decline begun in 1978 that has reduced the Federal prison population by one-fourth in 3 years. It results in These data are collected annually for the Bureau of Justice Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau from the departments of corrections in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. The cooperation of State officials, whose generous assistance and unfailing patience make the National Prisoner Statistics program possible, is gratefully acknowledged. Benjamin H. Renshaw III Acting Director large part from a decision by Federal law enforcement authorities to con- centrate their resources on white- collar crime, leaving the apprehension, prosecution, and confinement of bank robbers, interstate auto thieves, and certain drug offenders to State and local authorities. Many factors in the speeding up of prison population growth during 1980 are peculiar to individual States. Sentencing legislation passed on a widespread basis in recent years appears, however, to be exerting pressure on the capacities of State prison systems. During the past 4 years, 37 States have passed man- datory sentencing statutes and 15 States have passed determinate sentencing laws. While determinate sentencing allows for the possibility of probation, restitution, or suspended sentences, and mandatory sentencing does not, each sends the offender to prison for a fixed number of years that cannot be shortened by parole. In most States mandatory and deter- minate sentencing has been aimed at specific crimes or specific offenders. Violent crime, armed offenses, drug offenses, and repeat offenders or Number of sentenced State and Federal prisoners at yearend, 1925-80 (thousands) 360 - 360 330 - Jurisdiction - 330 300 -300 270 7 270 240 - 240 210 - 210 180 - 180 150 - 150 120 - 120 90 -- 90 60 - 60 30 30 1925 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 Note Prior to 1979, NPS reports were based on the the jurisdiction population. Both figures are shown custody population. Beginning in 1978, focus is on for 1977 to facilitate year-to-year comparison.

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