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California Prisoners and Parolees 1993 & 1994: Summary Statistics on Felon Prisoners and Parolees, Civil Narcotic Addict Inpatients and Outpatients and Other Populations

NCJ Number
174743
Date Published
1996
Length
162 pages
Annotation
Detailed statistical data are tabulated on felons, civil narcotic addicts, and other populations under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Corrections (CDC) in 1993 and 1994.
Abstract
The statistics are organized in seven sections: California Department of Corrections, institution population, behavior of inmates in CDC institutions, felon new admissions, parole violators returned with a new term, parole violators returned to custody, and parole and outpatient population. At the end of 1994, the CDC population totaled 238,227. The institution population numbered 125,605, a 4.7-percent increase over 1993. Also at the end of 1994, there were 89,609 felons and civil narcotic addicts on parole in California, a 4.3-percent increase over 1993, and there were 41,580 felon new admissions to CDC institutions during 1994. The bed design capacity of CDC institutions and camps was 68,366 at the end of 1994, 175.3 percent over design capacity. Tables and figures