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2004 Prisoners in 1 (2004)

handle is hein.death/prsin2004 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs October 2005, NCJ 210677 Prisoners in 2004 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 1,496,629 at yearend 2004. During the year the States added 20,759 prisoners and the Federal prison system added 7,269 prisoners. Overall, the Nation's prison population grew 1.9%, which was less than the average annual growth of 3.2% since yearend 1995. The rate of incarceration in prison at yearend 2004 was 486 sentenced inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents - up from 411 in 1995. About 1 in every 109 men and 1 in every 1,563 women were sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal authorities. Overall, the United States incarcerated 2,267,787 persons at yearend 2004. This total represents persons held in - - Federal and State prisons (1,421,911, which excludes State and Federal prisoners in local jails) - territorial prisons (15,757) - local jails (713,990) - facilities operated by or exclusively for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (9,788) - military facilities (2,177) - jails in Indian country (1,826 as of midyear 2003) - juvenile facilities (102,338 as of October 2002). The Nation's prison population rose 1.9% in 2004 Prison Number Incarceration Inmates per Growth, 12/31/03 Percent population of inmates rate, 12/31/04 100,000 residents* to 12/31/04 change 5 highest Federal 180,328 Louisiana 816 Minnesota 11.4% Texas 168,105 Texas 694 Idaho 11.1 California 166,556 Mississippi 669 Georgia 8.3 Florida 85,533 Oklahoma 649 Nevada 7.8 New York 63,751 Georgia 574 Kentucky 7.2 5 lowest North Dakota 1,327 Maine 148 Alabama -7.3% Vermont 1,968 Minnesota 171 Rhode Island -2.8 Wyoming 1,980 Rhode Island 175 New York -2.2 Maine 2,024 New Hampshire 187 Maryland -2.1 New Hampshire 2,448 North Dakota 195 Kansas -1.8 *Prisoners with a sentence of more than 1 year. During 2004 - On December 31, 2004 - o Ten States had increases of at least o Local jails housed 74,378 State 5%, led by Minnesota (up 11.4%), and Federal inmates (5.0% of all Idaho (up 11.1%), and Georgia (up prisoners). 8.3%). o State prisons were between 1% o Eleven States experienced prison below capacity and 15% above; population decreases, led by Alabama Federal prisons were operating at 40% (down 7.3%), Rhode Island (down above capacity. 2.8%), New York (down 2.2%), and Maryland (down 2.1%). o Women were 7.0% of all inmates, o The number of inmates under State up from 6.1% in 1995. jurisdiction increased by 20,759 o About half of male State prison inmates (1.6%). The number under inmates were serving time for a Federal jurisdiction increased 7,269 violent crime, compared to a third of (4.2%). female inmates. Females were more likely to have a drug offense (31.5%) * Inmates in private facilities compared to males (20.7%). increased 3.3% (from 95,707 at yearend 2003 to 98,901 at yearend * About 8.4% of black males 2004). between ages 25 and 29 were in State or Federal prison, compared to 2.5% o Federal inmates held in private of Hispanic males and 1.2% of white facilities increased 13.3% to 24,768. males in the same age group.

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