Monday, December 29, 2008

Bureau of Justice Statistics Prison Statistics

Summary findings
On December 31, 2007 —
– 2,293,157 prisoners were held in federal or state prisons or in local jails – an increase of 1.5% from yearend 2006, less than the average annual growth of 2.6% from 2000-2006.– 1,532,817 sentenced prisoners were under state or federal jurisdiction.

– there were an estimated 506 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents – up from 501 at yearend 2006.

– the number of women under the jurisdiction of state or federal prison authorities increased 1.7% from yearend 2006, reaching 114,420, and the number of men rose 1.8%, totaling 1,483,896.

Full report here.

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