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2002 Prisoners in 1 (2002)

handle is hein.death/prsin2002 and id is 1 raw text is: Revised 8/27/03, th July 2003, NCJ 200248 Prisoners in 2002 By Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians The total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,440,655 at yearend 2002. During the year the States added 30,088 prisoners, and the Federal prison system added 6,535 prisoners. Overall, the Nation's prison population grew 2.6%, which was less than the average annual growth of 3.6% since yearend 1995. The rate of incarceration in prison at yearend 2002 was 476 sentenced inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents - up from 411 in 1995. About 1 in every 110 men and 1 in every 1,656 women were sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal authorities. Overall, the United States incarcerated 2,166,260 persons at yearend 2002. This total represents persons held in - - Federal and State prisons (1,361,258, which excludes State and Federal prisoners in local jails) -territorial prisons (16,206) - local jails (665,475) - facilities operated by or exclusively for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, formerly the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (8,748) - military facilities (2,377) -jails in Indian country (1,912 as of midyear 2001) - juvenile facilities (110,284 as of October 2000). Nation's prison population up 2.6%, the largest increase in 3 years Prison population Number Incarceration of inmates rate, 12/31/02 Inmates per Growth, 12/31/01 Percent 100,000 residents* to 12/31/02 change 5 highest: Federal 163,528 Louisiana 794 Maine 11.5% California 162,317 Mississippi 743 Rhode Island 8.6 Texas 162,003 Texas 692 Connecticut 7.9 Florida 75,210 Oklahoma 667 Colorado 7.9 NewYork 67,065 Alabama 612 Minnesota 7.9 5 lowest: North Dakota 1,112 Maine 141 Alaska -3.8% Wyoming 1,737 Minnesota 141 Illinois -3.7 Vermont 1,863 North Dakota 161 Delaware -3.2 Maine 1,900 Rhode Island 191 Massachusetts -2.4 New Hampshire 2,451 New Hampshire 192 Montana -1.1 *Prisoners with a sentence of more than 1 year per 100,000 in the resident population. - During 2002, 9 States experienced prison population decreases, led by Alaska (down 3.8%), Illinois (down 3.7%), Delaware (down 3.2%), and Massachusetts (down 2.4%). Seven- teen States had increases of at least 5%, led by Maine (up 11.5%), Rhode Island (8.6%), and Connecticut, Colorado, and Minnesota (all 7.9%). - Between July 1, 2002, and Decem- ber 31, 2002, the number of inmates under State jurisdiction increased by 15,713 inmates (1.2%). - The Federal Bureau of Prisons continued to grow, up 1,847 inmates since midyear 2002. At yearend 2002, the Federal system was the largest prison system. - At yearend 2002, privately operated facilities housed 93,771 inmates (5.8% of State and 12.4% of Federal inmates); local jails housed 71,256 State and Federal inmates (4.9% of all prisoners). - On December 31, 2002, State prisons were operating between 1% and 17% above capacity, while Federal prisons were operating at 33% above capacity. - At yearend 2002, 97,491 women were in State or Federal prisons - 6.8% of all prison inmates. - An increase in violent offenders accounted for 49% of female State prisoner growth between 1995 and 2001 and 64% of male growth. - At yearend 2001, 49% of State prisoners were serving time for violent offenses, up from 47% in 1995. * Among the more than 1.38 million sentenced inmates at yearend 2002, an estimated 442,300 were black males between the ages 20 and 39. At yearend 2002, 10.4% of black males age 25 to 29 were in prison, compared to 2.4% of Hispanic males and 1.2% of white males in the same age group. U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs

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