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Profile of State Prisoners Under Age 18, 1985-97 Presents trend data from
1985 to 1997 on persons under 18 in State prison, focusing primarily on persons admitted to
prison under the age of 18: their demographic characteristics, offenses, average sentence
length, and expected time served. The report also includes information on persons released
from prison who were admitted under 18, persons under 18 in custody of State prison
authorities, and persons under 18 held in local jails. Information was compiled from available
correctional data sources including the National Correctional Reporting Program (NCRP), the
National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program, the Survey of Inmates of State Correctional
Facilities (SISCF), and the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ).
Highlights include the following: 2/00. NCJ 176989 Press
release (5K) | Acrobat file
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