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2012
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Prisoners in 2011
By Carson, E. Ann; Sabol, William J..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
"Presents data on prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal and state correctional authorities on December 31, 2011, collected from the National Prisoner Statistics series. The report compares changes in the prison population during 2011 to changes from yearend 2000 through yearend 2010. It explores factors leading to the second straight year of decline in the state prison population, as well as continued growth in the federal prison population. Findings cover data on decreasing admissions and... Read More
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34 pages
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2012
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The Growth & Increasing Cost of the Federal Prison System: Drivers and Potential Solutions
By La Vigne, Nancy; Samuels, Juli.
Public Welfare Foundation (Washington, DC).
Urban Institute. Justice Policy Center (Washington, DC).
The burgeoning costs associated with incarcerating more and more individuals in the United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is examined. Topics discussed include: federal prison population growth has multiple impacts; projected population growth; prison being expensive; opportunity costs created by growth; the main drivers are front-end decisions about who goes to prisons and for how long; drug offenders make up half of the federal prison population; supervision violations make up at least 15% of ... Read More
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8 pages
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2012
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Correctional Populations In The United States, 2011
By Glaze, Lauren E..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
"Presents summary data on the number of offenders under the supervision of the adult correctional systems in the United States at yearend 2011. Persons supervised by the adult correctional systems include those in the community under the authority of probation or parole agencies that supervise adults and those in the custody of state or federal prisons or local jails. The report provides statistics on the size and change in the total correctional population, by correctional status, during 2011. ... Read More
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10 pages
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2011
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Prisoners in 2010
By Guerino, Paul; Harrison, Paige M.; Sabol, William J..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
Information regarding individuals in state and federal prisons through December 31, 2010 is presented. Statistical tables cover: prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional facilities by gender; sentenced prisoners by jurisdiction by gender; imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners; sentenced prisoners admitted; sentenced prisoners released; sentenced prisoners admitted and released; estimated number of sentenced prisoners by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age; estimated ... Read More
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38 pages
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2011
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Correctional Population in the United States, 2010
By Glaze, Lauren E..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
This report provides summary data on the total population under the supervision of the adult correctional systems and highlights significant changes in the components of the population.” (p. 1). Data is provided regarding: total population under supervision and annual percent change from 1980 to 2010; defining adult correctional systems; community supervision and incarcerated populations which declined for the second consecutive year; prison populations—a comparison between the jurisdiction and ... Read More
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9 pages
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2011
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Juvenile Arrests 2009
By Puzzanchera, Charles; Adams, Benjamin.
U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Washington, DC).
This publication provides a “comprehensive statistical overview of the problems of juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and the response of the juvenile justice system” (p. 1). Data show that juvenile crime is not on the rise. Arrests of juveniles for violent offenses dropped 10% from 2008 to 2009. Since arrest rates hit their peak in 1994, there has been a decline of almost 50%. Yet, the juvenile arrest rate for simple assault, which is the most common juvenile crime against people, has... Read More
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24 pages
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2011
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Correctional Population in the United States, 1985 - 2010
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
"Presents data on the number of persons in the United States who were under some form of correctional supervision."... Read More
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2011
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An Examination of Admissions, Exits and End-of-the-Year Populations of Adult Female Inmates in the Illinois Department of Corrections, State Fiscal Years 1989 – 2011
By Olson, David E.; Escobar, Gipsy; Stalans, Loretta.
U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Washington, DC).
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (Chicago, IL); Loyola University Chicago. Dept. of Criminal Justice and Criminology (Chicago, IL).
Trends seen over a 23 year period for Illinois’ female inmate population are described. Sections following an executive summary include: introduction; total admission, exits, and end of the year population of females; distinguishing between court admission and technical violation of MSR (mandatory supervised release) admissions; female court admissions by felony class and crime type; characteristics of female prison admissions; differences between admissions and end-of-the-year populations; reci... Read More
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33 pages
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2011
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Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 - Statistical Tables
By Burch, Andrea M..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
Information regarding the “circumstances of deaths that occur during, or shortly after, state or local law enforcement officers engage in an arrest or restraint process” is presented. Sixty-one percent (61%) of arrest-related deaths were due to homicides by law enforcement personnel, with 11% due to suicide, 11% due to intoxication, 6% due to accidental injuries, and 5% due to natural causes.... Read More
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16 pages
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2011
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Environmental Scan 2011
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO).
“Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issues to inform the development of programs and services offered by NIC. This report, now in its 6th edition, has continued to evolve into a popular tool that is also used by corrections practitioners to inform their work in jails, prisons and community corrections. Since there are many issues beyond what is addressed in this environmental scan that poten... Read More
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40 pages
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2011
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World Prison Population List
By Walmsley, Roy.
King's College London. International Centre for Prison Studies (London, England).
The number of prisoners held in 218 independent countries and dependent territories is reported. Over 10.1 million people are incarcerated, with 23% held in the Unites States. The U.S. has the highest prison population rate of 743 per 100,000 of its national population followed by Rwanda (595 per 100,000). Rates below 150 per 100,000 are experienced by 54% of the countries reviewed.... Read More
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6 p.
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2011
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Youth in Minnesota Correctional Facilities: Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
By Swayze, Dana; Buskovick, Danette.
Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety. Office of Justice Programs. Statistical Analysis Center (St. Paul, MN).
Results from a survey comparing youth in correctional facilities to youth in mainstream schools are presented. “Exploring differences between the two student groups can provide information on what challenges youth in correctional facilities are facing, and what targeted intervention efforts may alleviate their personal or situational difficulties. Similarly, areas in which survey responses are the same for both groups can illuminate protective factors all youth possess, or risk factors to which ... Read More
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56 pages
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2011
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Girls in Minnesota Correctional Facilities: Responses to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey
By Swayze, Dana; Buskovick, Danette.
Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety. Office of Justice Programs. Statistical Analysis Center (St. Paul, MN).
“This report seeks to illuminate statistically significant differences in responses between girls and boys in correctional facilities; to explore how these data are relevant to research on juvenile justice risk factors by gender; and to provide research-based recommendations for serving the specific needs of juvenile female offenders” (p. 2). Sections following an executive summary are: introduction; findings for girls in Minnesota correctional facilities according to demographics, victimization... Read More
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46 pages
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2010
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Captive Constituents: Prison-Based Gerrymandering & the Distortion of Our Democracy
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) (New York, NY).
This report explains how counting inmates as citizens of the area the facility resides for the census, gerrymandering, “artificially inflates the population count—and thus, the political influence—of the districts where prison and jails are located [while it also]…reduces the political power of everyone else” (p.2). Topics covered by this report include: prisoners are not constituents of the district where they are incarcerated; prisoners remain members of their home communities; gerrymandering ... Read More
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10 p.
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2010
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Prison Count 2010: State Population Declines for the First Time in 38 Years
Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Center on the States. Public Safety Performance Project (Washington, DC).
The 0.3% drop in the number of individuals held in U.S. prisons (from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009) is discussed. Sections of this brief cover the wide range of state trends, what is driving the decline, the continued growth in federal institutions, and the whether the decline will last.... Read More
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9 p.
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2010
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Delaware Juvenile Detention Facilities Population Review
By O’Connell, John P., Jr.; Rodriguez-Labarca, Jorge.
Delaware Office of Management and Budget. Statistical Analysis Center (Dover, DE).
This report provides information about the juvenile detention population in Delaware. You can use these statistics for comparison to your own agency. Delaware’s juvenile detention population is at its lowest level in over ten years with the number of this population decreasing 58% since 2002. The “understanding of “how” to affect these changes did not come out of a box or from the mimicking of other jurisdictions’ best practices, but out of a gradual awareness of the Delaware juvenile justice c... Read More
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12 pages
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2009
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Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2007-08
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
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2009
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Deaths in Custody -- Statistical Tables
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
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2009
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Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Pennsylvania
By Wagner, Peter; Lavarredo, Elena.
Open Society Institute-New York. After Prison Initiative (New York, NY).
PrisonersoftheCensus.org (Cincinnati, OH); Prison Policy Initiative (Springfield, MA).
Problems inherent with the Census Bureau counting prisoners as residents of the county they are incarcerated in are explained. Sections of this document are: introduction; counting incarcerated people as residents of prison towns skews demographic data; redistricting and "one person, one vote"; recommendations; and methodology.... Read More
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8 p.
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2009
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Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Oklahoma
By Wagner, Peter; Lavarredo, Elena.
Open Society Institute-New York. After Prison Initiative (New York, NY).
PrisonersoftheCensus.org (Cincinnati, OH); Prison Policy Initiative (Springfield, MA).
Problems inherent with the Census Bureau counting prisoners as residents of the surrounding community county in which they are incarcerated are explained. Sections of this document are: introduction; redistricting and "one person, one vote"—diluting votes in the State legislature and diluting votes on the local level; and recommendations—ask the Census Bureau to change where it counts people in prison, Oklahoma can adjust the U.S. Census’ count of prisoners prior to redistricting to count incar... Read More
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12 p.
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2009
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Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Massachusetts
By Lavarredo, Elena; Wagner, Peter; Heyer, Rose.
Open Society Institute-New York. After Prison Initiative (New York, NY).
PrisonersoftheCensus.org (Cincinnati, OH); Prison Policy Initiative (Springfield, MA).
Problems inherent with the Census Bureau counting prisoners as residents of the surrounding community county in which they are incarcerated are explained. Sections of this document are: introduction; redistricting and "one person, one vote"; Gardner MA rejects Census Bureau’s prison count; the Census Bureau should change how it counts people in prison; and Massachusetts should adjust the U.S. Census’ count of prisoners prior to redistricting.... Read More
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7 p.
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2009
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Factsheet: DOJ Report on Prisoners 2008: Prisons Are Still Growing and Racial Disparities Persist, Despite Availability of Cost-Effective Alternatives
Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC).
Results and recommendations from an analysis of the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics' report “Prisoners in 2008” are provided. Since 2000 there has been an increase of 15.7% in state and federal prison populations resulting in 1 out of every 198 U.S. citizens in prison. Under-utilized cost-effective solutions to incarceration exist.... Read More
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3 p.
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2009
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Juvenile Arrests 2008
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
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1998
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Current Issues in the Operation of Women's Prisons
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Prisons Division (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO).
Focusing on secure facilities housing only adult female offenders, this report provides information on the names and locations of such facilities, the number of women housed at each facility, staffing ratios and the gender breakdown of staff, the availability of specialized training for staff, and programs and policies specific to female inmates.... Read More
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17 p.
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1996
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Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, January 1996
National Institute of Corrections Jails Division (Longmont, CO).
Focusing on issues surrounding deaths in the jail setting, this meeting presented seven seminars, titled: 1. The Dilemma of jail deaths; 2. Overview of dynamics of jail population; 3. Preventing in-custody deaths; 4. Resources available for dying inmates; 5. Community and media relations in the context of in-custody deaths; 6. Coping with staff deaths; and 7. The crime bill and its effect on corrections.... Read More
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44 p.
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1995
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Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Oregon Dept. of Corrections. Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders Policy Group (Salem, OR).
The Intermediate Sanctions for Women Offenders Policy Group compiled and analyzed qualitative and quantitative information on women offenders, the criminal justice decision making process, and programming resources available to women offenders in Oregon. This document describes the project process and presents the Policy Group's findings, observations, and recommendations. Topics covered include: supervision, probation, parole, trend data, offender demographics, and staff training.... Read More
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100 p.
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