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2021 Prisoners in 1 (2021)

handle is hein.death/prsin2021 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2022, NCJ 305125 Prisoners in 2021 - Statistical Tables E. Ann Carson, PhD, BJS Statistician rom yearend 2020 to yearend 2021, the number of persons under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities in the United States declined 1%, from 1,221,200 to 1,204,300. While the total number of persons held under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities declined 2% during this period, the count of these persons in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) increased more than 3%. The number of persons sentenced to more than 1 year in state or federal prison decreased 2%, from 1,185,700 in 2020 to 1,163,700 in 2021 (figure 1). This decrease followed the 14% decline from 2019 to 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making the number of sentenced prisoners in 2021 the smallest in 25 years. States and the BOP admitted 297,600 persons to prison on new commitments in 2021, up 71,500 from 2020. The number of admissions to state prison increased almost 19% from 2020 to 2021, Highlights The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 1% decrease from 2020 (1,221,200) and a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Prison populations declined in 32 states from yearend 2020 to yearend 2021, after decreasing in 49 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) during the prior 12 months largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (See Prisoners in 2020 -Statistical Tables, NCJ 302776, BJS, December 2021.) The BOP population increased by 5,200 persons (up 3%) from yearend 2020 to yearend 2021, while California's prison population increased by 1,000 (up 1%). At yearend 2021, the imprisonment rate was 350 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, down 2% from yearend 2020 and 29% from yearend 2011. FIGURE 1 Sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, 1996-2021 Number (in millions) 1.6 1.4..... -------- ----.... ---------- ------ 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 . 1996 2000 105 10 '15 '20'21 Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional officials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than 1 year. As of December 31, 2001, persons sentenced for a felony in the District of Columbia were the responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Counts for 2019 and earlier may have been revised from previous reports. See appendix table 2 for counts. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 1996-2021. From yearend 2020 to yearend 2021, the rate at which U.S. residents were in prison on a sentence declined 4% among black persons, 3% among Hispanic and Asian (including Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander) persons, 2% among American Indian or Alaska Native persons, and 1% among white persons. States and the BOP admitted 421,000 persons to prison in 2021, about 74,600 (22%) more than in 2020. More than 651,800 persons (62% of all state prisoners) were serving sentences in state prison for a violent offense at yearend 2020, the most recent year for which offense data were available. At yearend 2021, private facilities contracted to states or the BOP held 96,700 persons, a 3% decrease from yearend 2020. i-rr iun N6 BJS

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