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1990 Prisoners in 1 (1990)

handle is hein.death/prsin1990 and id is 1 raw text is: Prisoners in 1990 By Robyn L. Cohen BJS Statistician The number of prisoners under the jurisdic- tion of Federal or State correctional authori- ties at yearend 1990 reached a record high of 771,243. The States and the District of Columbia added 52,331 prisoners; the Fed- eral system, 6,355. The increase for 1990 brings total growth in the prison population since 1980 to 441,422 - an increase of bout 134% in the 10-year period (table 1). The 1990 growth rate (8.2%) was less than the percentage Increase recorded during 1989 (12.8%), and the number of new pris- oners added during 1990 was 26,271 less than the number added during the preced- ing year (80,888). The 1990 increase translates into a nationwide need for ap- proximately 1,100 prison bedspaces per week, compared to 1,600 prison bedspaces per week needed in 1989. Table 1. Change In the State and Federal prison populations, 1980-90 Total Number Annual percent of percent change Year inmates change since1980 1980 329,821 1981 369,930 12,2% 12.2% 1982 413,806 11.9 25.5 1983 436,855 5.6 32.5 1984 462,002 5.8 40.1 1985 502,507 8.8 52.4 1986 544,972 8.5 65.2 1987 585,084 7.4 77.4 1988 631,669 8.0 91.5 1989 712,557 12.8 116.0 1990 771,243 8.2 133.8 Note: All counts are for December 31 of each year and may reflect revisions of previously reported numbers. Prisoners with sentences of more than 1 year (referred to as sentenced prison- ers) accounted for U13% of the total prison population at the end of 1990, growing by 8.6% during the year (table 2). The remain- ing prisoners had sentences of a year or less or were unsentenced (like those, for example, awaiting trial In States with com- bined prison-jail systems). The number of sentenced Federal prisoners increased at a faster rate than sentenced prisoners in the States during 1990 (10.7% versus 8.5%). For both the State and Federal systems, the rate of increase in the number of sentenced prisoners was lower than in 1989 (12.5% and 12.0%). Among the 13,318 Federal prisoners with no sentences or sentences of a year or less were 1,910 under the jurisdiction of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, a decrease of 45 from the number held at the end of 1989 (1,955). The number of Federal prisoners with no sentences or sentences of less than a year Increased by 1,315 during 1990 (from 12,003 to 13,318), while the number of sentenced prisoners Increased by 5,040. Total prison populations In Alaska, the District of Columbia, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Tennessee altogether decreased by 1,675 inmates during 1990. The District of Columbia accounted for more than half of this decline. The States with the highest percentages of growth during 1990 were Vermont (15.9%), Washington (15.4%), and New Hampshire (15.1%). Thirteen States reported total prisoner Increases of 10% or more since yearend 1989. California's In- crease of more than 10,000 prisoners dur- ing the year was the largest gain in the May 1991 This Bulletin presents counts of the Nation's prisoners at the end of 1990. The 1990 increase of nearly 59,000 prisoners equals a demand for approx- Imately 1,100 new prison beds per week nationwide. Prisons were esti- mated to be operating from 18% to 29% above their capacities at yearend. Strong evidence exists that during the 1980's there was an Increasing proba- bility that a convicted offender would go to prison. The ratio of prison ad- missions to reported serious crimes and arrests for serious crimes in- creased to levels unequalled In almost 30 years of reporting. The Bureau of Justice Statistics expresses Its appreciation to the departments of corrections In the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Prison System, that make it possible for us to gather and report data on the Nation's prisoners. Steven D. Dillingham, Ph.D. Director number of prisoners for any single jurisdic- tion. At the end of 1990, about 1 in 8 pris- oners nationwide were confined in a California institution. California accounted for more than 17% of the increase nation- wide during the year.

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