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1997 Prisoners in 1 (1997)

handle is hein.death/prsin1997 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs August 1998, NCJ 170014 Prisoners in 1997 By Darrell K. Gilliard and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians The total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,244,554 at yearend 1997. During the year the States and the District of Columbia added 53,757 prisoners, and the Federal prison system added 7,429 prisoners. Overall, the Nation's prison population grew 5.2%, which was less than the average annual growth of 7.0% since 1990. In absolute numbers, prison growth during 1997 was equivalent to 1,177 more inmates per week, up from 1,106 per week in 1996. At midyear 1997 (the latest available data), more than 1.7 million U.S. residents were in either jail or prison. State and Federal prisons housed two-thirds of the incarcerated popula- tion (1,158,763). Jails, which are locally operated and typically hold persons awaiting trial and those with sentences of a year or less, held the other third (567,079). Relative to the number of U.S. residents, the rate of incarceration in prisons at yearend 1997 was 445 sentenced inmates per 100,000 residents - up from 292 in 1990. On December 31, 1997, 1 in every 117 men and 1 in every 1,852 women were sentenced prisoners under the jurisdic- tion of State or Federal correctional authorities. Sentenced prisoners per Population housed as a Decem- Number of inmates 100,000 resident population percent of highest capacity ber 31 Federal State Federal State Federal State 1990 65,526 708,393 20 272 151% 115% 1991 71,608 753,951 22 287 146 116 1992 80,259 802,241 26 305 137 118 1993 89,587 880,857 29 330 136 118 1994 95,034 959,668 30 356 125 117 1995 100,250 1,025,624 32 379 126 114 1996 105,544 1,077,824 33 394 125 116 1997 112,973 1,131,581 35 410 119 115 During 1997 the number of female * Analyses of imprisonment rates prisoners rose by 6.2%, slightly from 1990 to 1996, the year of the greater than the increase in male latest available data, reveal - prisoners (5.2%). At yearend 1997 - a 43% increase among males 79,624 women were in State or and a 65% increase among females Federal prisons - 6.4% of all prison in the number of sentenced prisoners inmates, per 100,000 U.S. residents. - sharp increases in rates among * On December 31, 1997, State persons age 35-39 (up 66%), 40-44 prisons were operating at between (up 75%), and 45-54 (up 71%). 15% and 24% above capacity, while - widespread disparities by race Federal prisons were operating at and Hispanic origin. In 1996 the rate 19% above capacity. among black males totaled 3,098 prisoners per 100,000 residents, * California (157,547), Texas compared to 1,278 among Hispanic (140,729), and the Federal system males and 370 among white males. (112,973) together held 1 in every 3 prisoners in the Nation. Fifteen * Sources of population growth States, each holding fewer than 5,000 differed among State inmates: inmates, together held only 4% of the - Violent offenders accounted for Nation's prisoners, the largest source of growth among males (52%) and among whites * Nine jurisdictions had increases of (46%), blacks (50%), and Hispanics at least 10% in 1997, led by Hawaii (54%). (23.4%) and West Virginia (15.4%). - Drug offenders accounted for 30% Four jurisdictions, led by Oregon of the growth among blacks, 23% (down 7.6%) and Montana (-2.2%), among Hispanics, and 16% among experienced decreases. whites. - Only among females were drug offenders the largest source of growth (45% of the total increase). (0

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