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1996 Prison & Jail Inmates Midyear 1 (1996)

handle is hein.death/prjin1996 and id is 1 raw text is: \ U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin January 1997, NCJ-162843 Pnison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1996 0 By Darrell K. Gilliard and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians At midyear 1996 an estimated 1,630,940 persons were incarcerated in the Nation's prisons and jails. Fed- eral and State prison authorities and local jail authorities held in their cus- tody 615 persons per 100,000 U.S. residents. Prisoners in the custody of the 50 States, the District of Co- lumbia, and the Federal Government accounted for two-thirds of the incarcerated population (1,112,448 inmates). The other third were held in local jails (518,492). On June 30, 1996, 1,164,356 prisoners were under Federal or State jurisdic- tion (includes prisoners in custody and persons under the legal authority of a prison system but who are held outside its facilities). The total increased 5.3% from midyear 1995. The States and the District of Columbia added 54,549 prisoners; the Federal system, 4,256. Local jail authorities held or super- vised an estimated 591,469 offenders. Twelve percent of these offenders (72,977) were supervised outside jail facilities in programs such as com- munity service, work release, weekend reporting, electronic monitoring, and other alternative programs. Highlights Number of persons held 1,800,000 r 1,500,000 1,200,000 900,000 600,000 300,0w 93,167 inmates 1,019,281 518.492 Jails 0 r 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 'Midyear 1996 Prisons - * Between July 1, 1995, and June 30, 1996, the Nation's prison popula- tion grew by 5.3%, less than the average annual growth of 7.7% since 1990. * Four States had 12-month growth rates of more than 14.0% - Ne- braska, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon. The District of Colum- bia (down 6.R%), New Hampshire (-0.7%), and onnecticut (-0.2%) recorded declines. * At midyear 1996 there were an estimated 420 prison inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents - up from 292 at yearend 1990. Jails - * On June 28, 1996, an estimated 518,492 inmates were held in the Nation's local jails, up from 507,044 at midyear 1995. * The 12-month increase of 2.3% in the jail population was significantly below the average annual increase of 4.2% since 1990. * In 1996 jails reported their lowest occupancy rates in 12 years. At mid- year, jails were operating at 8% below their rated capacity (562,020). * Since 1990 the number of jail inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents has risen from 163 to 196.

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