Federal Prison Population: Present and Future Trends: Hearings Before the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration of the Committee on the Judiciary, 103rd Congress, 1st Session, May 12 and July 29, 1993

• NCJ Number: 151001
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 456 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Focusing on current and future trends in the Federal prison population, these Congressional hearings received testimony from researchers, corrections officials, public defenders, other criminal justice officials, representatives of advocacy groups, and others.

Abstract

Participants noted that the planned increases in Federal prison capacity will be insufficient to meet expected inmate population growth. According to projections from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the inmate population will increase from 76,000 now to some 115,000 by 1999 unless significant changes occur in the criminal justice system. As of September 1992, 27.6 percent of the Federal inmates were minimum security, while 29.5 percent were low security. In addition, more than 26 percent of all Federal inmates are not citizens of the United States. Speakers also noted the inadequate emphasis on rehabilitation, the low recidivism rate in Denmark, the conversion of military facilities to prisons, and the budget implications of the increases in inmate populations. Copies of written testimony and background materials with tables and figures