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2009 Prisoners in 1 (2009)

handle is hein.death/prsin2009 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Revised 10/27/2011 Bureau of Justice Statistics I December 2010, NCJ 231675 Prisoners in 2009 Heather C. West, Ph.D. and William J. Sabol, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians, and Sarah J. Greenman, BJS Program Assistant n December 31, 2009, state and federal correctional authorities had jurisdiction over 1,613,740 prisoners, an increase of 3,981 prisoners from yearend 2008 (figure 1).1 This 0.2% increase marked the third consecutive year of slower growth in the U.S. prison population and the smallest increase during the decade. Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. The slowing in the growth of the total U.S. prison population masked an increase in the federal prison population (3.4%) during 2009, while the number of prisoners under jurisdiction of state correctional authorities declined by 0.2%, the first decline in the state prison population since 1977 (figure 2). The increase in the growth rate of the federal prison population reflected a shift from the general pattern of declining annual growth rates in that population. The decline in the growth rate of the state prison population during 2009 continued the 3-year trend of declining annual growth rates for state prisoners. 1This number is 84 prisoners higher than reported in the BJS Data Brief, Pris oners at Yearend 2009: Advance Counts, NCJ 230189, June 2010. BJS permits respondents to update their data to reflect their most accurate counts. *The U.S. prison population grew at its slowest rate (0.2%) since 2000, reaching 1,613,740 prisoners at yearend 2009. * Prison admissions (down 2.5%) and prison releases (up 2.2%) converged from 2006 through 2009, slowing the growth of the nations prison population. The imprisonment rate-the number of sentenced prison- ers per 100,000 U.S. residents- declined for the second straight year, falling to 502 per 100,000 from 506 per 100,000 in 2007. * From 2000 to 2008, the state prison population increased by 159,200 prisoners, and violent offenders accounted for 60% of this increase. The number of drug offenders in state prisons declined by 12,400 over this period. FIGURE 1 Prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction at yearend, 2000-2009 Number of prisoners 1,750,000 1,500,000 1,250,000 Annual percent change Annual percent change 3.0% 2.5% 2.0% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 1,000,000 0.0% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 On December 31 FIGURE 2 Change in the number of prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction, 2000-2009 Percent change 8.0% Federal 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 On December31 For a list of publications in this series go to http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbse&sid=40

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