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1992 Prisoners in 1 (1992)

handle is hein.death/prsin1992 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics I.IC Vi Prisoners in 1992 By Darrell K. GIllard BJS Statistician The number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State correctional authorities at yearend 1992 reached a record high of 883,593. The States and the District of Columbia added 50,809 prisoners; the Federal system, 8,651. The increase for 1992 brings total growth In the prison population since 1980 to 553,772, an increase of about 168% In the 12-year period (table 1). The 1992 growth rate (7.2%) was greater than the percentage increase recorded during 1991 (6.6%), and the number of new prisoners added during 1992 was 8,451 more than the number added during the preceding year (51,009). The 1992 Increase translates into a nationwide need for approximately 1,143 prison bedspaces Table 1. Change In the State and Federal prison populations, 1980-92 Total Annual percent Number percent change Year of Inmates chanqe since 1980 329,821 369,930 413,806 436,855 462,002 502,752 545,378 585,292 631,990 712,967 773,124 824,133 883,593 12.2% 11.9 5.6 5.8 8.8 8.5 7.3 8.0 12.8 8.4 6.6 7.2 12.2% 25.5 32.5 40.1 52.4 65.4 77.5 91.6 116.2 134.4 149.9 167.9 per week, compared to the nearly 981 prison bedspaces per week needed in 1991. 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 1992, growing by 7.3% during the year (table 2). The remaining prisoners had sentences of a year or less or were unsentenced (for example, those awaiting trial In States with combined prison-jail systems). The number of sentenced Federal pris- oners increased at a faster rate than sentenced prisoners In the States during 1992 (15.9% versus 6.8%). These annual rates of increase were higher than in 1991 when the Federal system grew 12.5%, and State systems, 6.4%. The number of Federal prisoners with no sentences or sentences of less than a ycar decreased during 1992 (from 14,912 to 14,553), while the number of sentenced prisoners increased by 9,010. Prison populations in Maine, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, and Wyoming decreased during 1992. The decrease In these 5 States totaled 1,135 inmates. The highest percentages of growth during 1992 were reported in Texas (18.4%), West Virginia (16.2%), New Hampshire (15.9%), Idaho (15.5%), and Wisconsin (15.4%). Eight States reported total prisoner population increases of 10% or more since yearend 1991. Texas' increase of 9,501 prisoners during the year was the largest gain in the number of prisoners for any single jurisdiction, followed by California (7,688), New York (3,874), and Michigan (2,596). Texas accounted for about 16% of the increase in prison population nationwide. May 1993 This edition of the annual prisoner report provides some added detail on historical trends in the offense composition and criminal justice status of State prison admissions. In 1980, about 1 of every 15 court- committed entries to State prison was an offender convicted of a drug offense. In 1990 drug offenses accounted for about 1 in 3 new commitments to State prison. Across the same period, the percentage of prison admissions entering as viola- tors of probation or parole conditions also Increased - from about 17% of all admissions In 1980 to aboul 30% of 1991 State prison admissions. Together, these data translate into a 150%-Increase In the number of State prisoners between 1980 and 1991, a 142%-Increase in the number of court-committed admissions, and a 425%-Increase In the number of admissions of conditional release violators. From 1980 to 1990 the number of drug offenders entering State prisons Increased over 11-fold. On behalf of BJS, I want to extend my appreciation to those officials in State correctional agencies who supplied the data for this report. Lawrence A. Greenfeld Acting Director aC., Note: All counts are for December 31 of each year and may reflect revisions of previously reported numbers. -Not applicable.

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