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Key Statistic: Prisoners
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Prisoners are inmates confined in long-term facilities run by state departments of corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), as well as private facilities contracted to these governments.

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Table: Estimated number of persons supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 1980-2016 (Excel, CSV)
State and federal prisoners, 1980-2016
 

 


Recommended Citation: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Statistics, <title of figure or table> on the Internet at www.bjs.gov (visited MM,DD,YYYY).

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