November 1, 2000    NCJ 177613

Presents data on the growing number of persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision in 1997. Data are drawn from annual BJS surveys and include jurisdiction-level counts of prisoners, probationers, and parolees by sex, race, Hispanic origin, admission type, release type, and sentence length. Data are also provided on persons held in U.S. military confinement facilities and incarcerated persons in U.S. commonwealths and territories. A special chapter on the 1997 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities describes inmates in terms of their demographics, current offense, time served, criminal history, drug or alcohol use, and substance abuse treatment. The chapter also compares State and Federal inmates in 1997 with those in 1991.

Part of the Correctional Populations in the United States Series

Full Report (PDF 1.3M)
Full Report - Text only (ASCII file 36K)
Section 1. Trends in U.S. correctional populations (PDF 141K)
Section 1. Trends in U.S. correctional populations - Zip format (Spreadsheet 77K)
Section 2. Jail inmates in 1997 (PDF 122K)
Section 2. Jail inmates in 1997 - Zip format (Spreadsheet 22K)
Section 3. Probation in 1997 (PDF 200K)
Section 3. Probation in 1997 - Zip format (Spreadsheet 64K)
Section 4. Survey of State and Federal inmates, 1997 (PDF 160K)
Section 4. Survey of State and Federal inmates, 1997 - Zip format (Spreadsheet 78K)
Section 5. Prisoners in 1997 (PDF 507K)
Section 5. Prisoners in 1997 - Zip format (Spreadsheet 176K)
Section 6. Parole in 1997 (PDF 193K)
Section 6. Parole in 1997 - Zip format (Spreadsheet 49K)
Section 7. Capital Punishment in 1997 (PDF 373K)
Section 7. Capital Punishment in 1997 - Zip format (Spreadsheet 83K)
Section 8. U.S. military corrections in 1997 (PDF 134K)
Section 8. U.S. military corrections in 1997 - Zip format (Spreadsheet 27K)
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