PRISONERS IN STATE AND FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS ON DECEMBER 31, 1976

• NCJ Number: 43310
• Author(s): M S RUSSELL; R P PARKINSON; J F WALLERSTEDT
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 55 pages
• Corporate Author: National Criminal Justice Information & Statistics Service
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT, ONE IN THE NATIONAL PRISONER STATISTICS SERIES, PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER AND MOVEMENT OF PRISONERS HELD IN CUSTODY IN STATE AND FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS.

Abstract

THE SIZE OF THE YEAREND INMATE POPULATION AT BOTH THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS IS EXAMINED, ALONG WITH THE TYPES AND VOLUME OF ADMISSIONS AND DEPARTURES THAT OCCURRED DURING 1976. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS PAID TO THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE NUMBER OF SENTENCED INMATES AND IN THE NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS AND DEPARTURES IN RELATION TO 1975. THE RATIO OF MALE TO FEMALE PRISONERS IS ALSO DISCUSSED. ALTHOUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE INMATE POPULATION IS LIMITED TO PRISONERS SENTENCED AS ADULTS OR YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS TO A MAXIMUM TERM OF MORE THAN ONE YEAR, BOTH MIDYEAR AND YEAREND COUNTS ARE GIVEN FOR ALL PERSONS HELD IN STATE OR FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE SENTENCED TO SHORTER TERMS AND THOSE WITH NO SENTENCES.