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The corrections unit collects data on persons held under sentence of death and persons executed during the calendar year from the state departments of correction and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Preliminary counts of executions carried out during the subsequent calendar year are also presented. This page summarizes the movement of prisoners received and removed from under sentence of death. Data on offenders' sex, race, Hispanic origin, education, marital status, age at time of arrest for the capital offense, legal status at time of the offense, and method of removal are presented. The page also includes information on executions, trends, and time between imposition of death sentence and execution.
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Capital Punishment, 2010 - Statistical Tables Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2010, and persons executed in 2010. | |
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Capital Punishment, 2005 Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. This annual BJS report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year. | |
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Capital Punishment, 2004 Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. This annual BJS report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year. | |
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Capital Punishment, 2003 Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. This annual BJS report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year. | |
Press Release | PDF (539K) | ASCII file (26K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 39K) | Codebooks and Datasets
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Capital Punishment, 2002 Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. This annual BJS report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year. | |
Press Release | PDF (335K) | ASCII file (25K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 39K) | Codebooks and Datasets
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Capital Punishment, 2001 Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. This annual BJS report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year. | |
Press Release | PDF (402K) | ASCII file (25K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 65K) | Codebooks and Datasets
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Correctional Populations in the United States, 1998 - Statistical tables Presents data on the number of persons in the United States who were under some form of correctional supervision. | |
All Statistical Tables (PDF 1M) | All Statistical Tables (ASCII file 97K) | All Statistical Tables (Spreadsheet 347K) | Section 2. Jail inmates in 1998 (PDF 130K) | Section 2. Jail inmates in 1998 (Spreadsheet 21K) | Section 3. Probation in 1998 (PDF 222K) | Section 3. Probation in 1998 (Spreadsheet 46K) | Section 5. Prisoners in 1998 (PDF 323K) | Section 5. Prisoners in 1998 (Spreadsheet 149K) | Section 6. Parole in 1998 (PDF 198K) | Section 6. Parole in 1998 (Spreadsheet 41K) | Section 7. Capital Punishment in 1998 (PDF 315K) | Section 7. Capital Punishment in 1998 (Spreadsheet 74K) | Section 8. U.S. military corrections in 1998 (PDF 112K) | Section 8. U.S. military corrections in 1998 (Spreadsheet 31K) | Codebooks and Datasets
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Capital Punishment, 2000 Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. This annual BJS report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year. | |
Press Release | PDF (121K) | ASCII file (29K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 25K) | Codebooks and Datasets
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Capital Punishment, 1999 Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. This annual BJS report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year. | |
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Correctional Populations in the United States, 1997 Presents data on the growing number of persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision in 1997. | |
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) | Codebooks and Datasets
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Capital Punishment, 2009 - Statistical Tables Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2009, and persons executed in 2009. | |
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Capital Punishment, 2008 - Statistical Tables Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2008, and persons executed in 2008. Preliminary data on executions by states during 2009 are included. | |
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Prisoners Executed Prisoners executed under civil authority in the United States, by year, region, and jurisdiction, 1977-2008. | |
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Capital Punishment, 2007 - Statistical Tables Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2007, and persons executed in 2007. | |
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Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2006, and of persons executed in 2006. | |
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Federal prisons | Prison facilities run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Prisoners housed in these facilities are under the legal authority of the federal government. This definition excludes the private facilities that are under exclusive contract with BOP. |
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