NCJ Number
229126
Date Published
2009
Length
57 pages
Annotation
Statistical descriptions are presented of all persons sentenced to correctional institutions administered by the Chinese Correctional Service Department in 2008.
Abstract
Highlights of the report include: 1) in 2008, the total number of sentenced persons admitted to correctional institutions decreased by 5 percent to 17,974 from 18,874 in 2007; 2) the total number of male receptions decreased by 6 percent to 12,091 compared with 12,924 in 2007; 3) female receptions dropped slightly by 1 percent to 5, 883; 4) 9 percent of total admissions were aged under 21, slightly higher than 8 percent in 2007; 5) receptions of offenders sentenced to prisons decreased by 6 percent from 16,751 in 2007 to 15,817 in 2008, mainly due to the decrease of Mainland Chinese prisoners; 6) the average length of sentence of prisoners admitted had been decreasing from 10.7 months in 1999 to 6.5 in 2004, rebounding in the subsequent 4 years to 9.4 months in 2008; 7) receptions into drug addiction treatment centers decreased by 4 percent from 1,372 in 2007 to 1,316 in 2008; and 8) 4,551 offenders were reported to be drug abusers on reception into custody in 2008 representing a decrease of 1 percent from 2007. This statistical report provides descriptions of all persons sentenced to correctional institutions in China for 2008. Tables