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2010 Prisoners in 1 (2010)

handle is hein.death/prsin2010 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Revised 2/9/12 Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2011, NCJ 236096 Prisoners in 2010 Paul Guerino, Paige M. Harrison, and William J. Sabol, BJS Statisticians On December 31, 2010, state and federal correctional authorities had jurisdiction over 1,612,395 prisoners, a decrease of 5,575 prisoners from yearend 2009 (figure 1). The combined U.S. prison population decreased 0.3% in 2010, the first decline since 1972. The 2010 imprisonment rate for the nation was 500 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, which is 1 in 200 residents. The statistics in this report are drawn from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) series, which annually collects data on prisoner counts and characteristics, as well as admissions, releases, and capacity, from the 50 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The 2010 NPS collection is the 85th in a series begun in 1925. FIGURE 1 Prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction at yearend, 2000-2010 Number 1,750,000 1,500,000 1,250,000 1,000,000 Annual percent change Annual F Number 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 On December 31 Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional officials over a prisoner regardless of where the prisoner is held. Source: BJS, National Prisoner Statistics Program. HIGHLIGHTS The overall U.S. prison population declined in 2010 for the first time since 1972. State and federal prisoners numbered 1,612,395 at yearend 2010, a decrease of 0.3% (5,575 prisoners) from yearend 2009. The federal prison population increased by 0.8% (1,653 prisoners), while the number of prisoners under state authority declined by 0.5% (7,228 prisoners). Half of state departments of corrections (25) reported decreases in their prison populations during 2010. California (down 6,213) reported the largest decline in absolute numbers, while Rhode Island (down 8.6%) reported the largest percentage decrease. During 2010, prison releases (708,677) exceeded prison admissions (703,798) for the first time since BJS began collecting jurisdictional data in 1977. The stability in prison release rates and expected time to be served indicates that the change in the state prison population between 2009 and 2010 was the result of a decrease in state prison admissions. The imprisonment rate was 500 inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents in 2010, continuing the decline since imprisonment rates peaked at 506 per 100,000 in 2007. In 2009, the most recent data available, 53% of state prison inmates were serving time for violent offenses, 19% for property, 18% for drug, and 9% for public- order offenses. About half (51%) of federal inmates in 2010 were serving time for drug offenses, 35% for public-order offenses (largely weapons and immigration), and less than 10% each for violent and property offenses. States held 2,295 inmates under age 18 in custody at midyear 2010, down from 2,779 at midyear 2009. A reported 95,977 non citizens were held in state custody at midyear 2010, down from 97,133 at midyear 2009. BIS For a list of all publications in this series, go to http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbse&sid=32. MD -S

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