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1988 Prisoners in 1 (1988)

handle is hein.death/prsin1988 and id is 1 raw text is: 0a (7 U.S. Department of Justice kt\ Office of Justice Programs LP( Bureau of Justice Statistics 0 0 Buea of Jutc Satt Bulei Prisoners in 1988 The number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State correctional authorities at yearend 1988 reached a record 627,402. The States and the District of Columbia added 41,339 prisoners; the Federal system, 1,628. The increase for 1988 brings total growth in the prison population since 1980 to 297,581--an increase of about 90% in the 8-year period (table 1). The 1988 growth rate (7.4%) was greater than the percentage increase recorded during 1987 (7.2%), and the number of new prisoners added during 1988, 42,967, was about 3,500 higher than the number added during the preceding year (39,463). The 1988 increase translates into a nationwide need for more than 800 new prison bedspaces per week. Prisoners with sentences of more than 1 year (referred to as sentenced prisoners) accounted for 96% of the total prison population at the end of 1988, growing by 7.8% during the year (table 2). The remaining prisoners had sentences of a year or less or were Table 1. Change in the State and Federal prison populations, 1980-88 Total Number Annual percent of percent change Year inmates change since 1980 1980 329,821 19,81 369,930 12.2% 12.2% 1982 413,806 11.9 25.5 1983 437,248 5.7 32.6 1984 464,567 6.2 40.9 1985 502,507 8.2 52.4 1986 544,972 8.5 65.2 1987 584,435 7.2 77.2 1988 627,402 7.4 90.2 Note: All counts are for December 31 of each year and may differ from previously reported numbers because of revision. unsentenced (like those, for example, awaiting trial in States with combined prison-jail systems). The number of sentenced Federal prisoners grew at nearly the same rate as sentenced prisoners in the States during the year (8.1% vs. 7.7%). Among the 7,190 Federal prisoners with no sen- tences or sentences of 1 year or less were 1,856 under the jurisdiction of the Immigration and Naturalization Serv- ice, a decrease of 528 from the number held at the end of 1987 (2,384). The number of Federal prisoners with no sentences or sentences of less than 1 year declined by 1,587 during 1988 (from 8,777 to 7,190), while the number of sentenced prisoners increased by 3,215. In 7 States total prison populations decreased by a total of 961 inmates during 1988. Four of these States- North Carolina, South Dakota, Wash- ington, and West Virginia--also reported declines in 1987. Compared to yearend 1986 counts, the number of prisoners at the end of 1988 was 3.6% lower than 2 years earlier in North Carolina, 12.4% lower In South Dakota, 11.9% lower in Washington, and 1.6% lower In West Virginia. Total prison population rose most rapidly during 1988 in Rhode Island (33.5%), Colorado (24.7%), New Hamp- shire (17.5%), Michigan (16.1%), and California (13.7%). Nine States and the District of Columbia reported total prisoner increases of 10% or more since yearend 1987. California's increase of nearly 9,200 prisoners during the year April 1989 This Bulletin presents population counts for the Nation's prisons on December 31, 1988. Prison population increased 7.4% during 1988, a slightly higher rate than in 1987. The 1988 increase of 43,000 prisoners approximately equals a demand for more than 800 new prison beds per week. The number of prisoners at the end of the year set a new record for the 14th consecutive year. The Bureau of Justice Statis- - tics expresses Its appreciation to the departments of correc- tions in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Federal prison system, who make It possible for us to continue to gather and report data on the Nation's prisoners. Joseph M. Bessette Acting Director was the largest for any single jurisdic- tion. Although California had 11.5% of all the Nation's prisoners at the end of 1987, its prison population growth in 1988 accounted for 21% of the national increase. Colorado, for the second year In a row, experienced an annual in- crease of more than 20% in the number of State prisoners; its yearend 1988 population of 5,997 was 58% higher than the yearend 1986 population of 3,804.

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