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GGD-84-56 1 (1984-02-27)

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BY THE' US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE




Report To The Honorable Arlen Specter

United States Senate


Federal, District Of ColumbiaAnd

States Future Prison And Correctional

Institution Populations And Capacities



The Federal Prison System's average daily inmate
population in fiscal year 1983 was 29,718 and is
projected to reach 35,182 in 1988 and 37,977 in
1 990. Rated capacity (the number of inmates insti-
tutions are designed to house) was 23,936 in 1983
with approved increases resulting in 27,1 24 inmate
bedspaces in 1988.

The average daily population in District of Columbia
institutions was 5,125 in 1983 and is projected to
reach 5,900 in 1987. Rated capacity was 4,599 in
1983 and will increase to 5,342 bedspaces by
1985.


On September 30, 1983, there were about 391,597
persons in state prisons. States' projections of
inmate population for 1984 through 1990 indicate
that it will grow to 528,193 inmates in 1990. The
States reported rated prison capacity of 332,444 as
of September 30, 1983, and project a capacity of
419,869 in 1990.


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