U.S. Prisoner's Statistics 2004

[Alison Myrden]

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Good Morning All,

The US Dept. of Justice will announce Sunday (10/23) at 4:30pm their new

report on Prisoners in 2004. The news release is at the bottom of this

email. An advance copy of the full report is at

http://www.csdp.org/research/p04.pdf

The feds only put out the news release late Friday, it's officially

embargoed until 4:30pm on Sunday. So please spread it far and wide :-)

 

Some key figures from this year's report:

State Prison Inmates in 2002:

21.4% were drug offenders -- 265,000 out of 1,237,500.

31.5% of all women in state prison were serving time for drugs -- 25,100

out of 79,800 women total.

25.1% of all blacks in state prison were serving time for drugs -- 126,000

out of 501,700 blacks.

27.4% of all Hispanics in state prison were serving time for drugs --

61,700 out of 225,000 Hispanics.

14.8% of whites in state prison were serving time for drugs -- 64,500 out

of 435,100.

 

Federal Prison Inmates 2003:

Total: 158,426 Inmates

Drug offenses: 86,972

Violent offenses: 16,688

Property offenses: 11,283

Public-order offenses: 42,325 (includes immigration and weapons)

Other: 1,158

 

Thanks,

Doug

 

Doug McVay

Director of Research, Common Sense for Drug Policy

Editor/Webmaster, Drug War Facts

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717-299-0600 -- cel 717-940-2154

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community activist/organizer

 

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> ADVANCED FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice

> Statistics

> SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2005 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs

> Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0703

> After hours: 301-983-9354

> THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION CONTINUES ITS SLOW GROWTH

> Up 1.9 Percent Last Year

>

> WASHINGTON - The number of prisoners in the United States rose 1.9

> percent during 2004, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice

> Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was lower than the average annual

> rate of growth during the last decade (3.2 percent) and just below the

> growth rate in 2003 (2.0 percent).

>

> The number of inmates under state jurisdiction increased by 20,759

> inmates (1.6 percent) and the number under federal jurisdiction by 7,269

> (4.2 percent). The total increase in the number of inmates in 2004 was

> nearly identical to 2003 and about 8,000 fewer than in 2002.

>

> As of December 31, 2004, there were 2,267,787 people behind bars in

> the United States, of which 1,421,911 were held in federal and state

> prisons (not including the 74,378 state and federal inmates incarcerated

> in local jails), 713,990 in local jails, 102,338 in juvenile facilities,

> 15,757 in U.S. Territory prisons, 9,788 in Bureau of Immigration and

> Customs Enforcement facilities, 2,177 in military prisons and 1,826 in

> Indian country jails (as of June 30, 2003).

>

> The Federal Bureau of Prisons operated the largest prison system at

> year-end 2004 (180,328 inmates), followed by Texas (168,105), California

> (166,556), Florida (85,533), and New York (63,751).

>

> Ten states reported population increases of at least 5 percent during

> 2004. Minnesota led the nation with 11.4 percent growth, followed by Idaho

> (up 11.1 percent) and Georgia (up 8.3 percent). Eleven states experienced

> declines, led by Alabama (down 7.3 percent), followed by Rhode Island

> (down 2.8 percent) and New York (down 2.2 percent).

>

> The nation's incarceration rate rose from 411 sentenced inmates per

> 100,000 U.S. residents in 1995 to 486 inmates per 100,000 at the end of

> last year - an 18 percent increase. (A "sentenced" prisoner is an inmate

> serving a sentence of more than a year.)

>

> The states with the highest incarceration rates in 2004 were

> Louisiana (816 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 state residents), Texas

> (694), Mississippi (669), Oklahoma (649) and Georgia (574). The states

> with the lowest incarceration rates were Maine (148 sentenced inmates per

> 100,000 state residents), Minnesota (171), Rhode Island (175), New

> Hampshire (187) and North Dakota (195).

>

> On December 31, 2004, 24 state prison systems were operating at or

> above their highest capacity. The federal system was 40 percent over

> capacity.

>

> At the end of last year 98,901 prisoners were held in privately

> operated facilities (6.6 percent of all inmates). New Mexico had the

> highest percentage, 42 percent, followed by Alaska, 31 percent and

> Montana, 30 percent.

>

> Half of state prison inmates were serving time for violent crimes, 20

> percent for property crimes and 21 percent for drug crimes. Females were

> more likely to be in prison for a drug offense (32 percent) than were

> males (21 percent). Males were more likely to be in prison for a violent

> offense (52 percent) than were females (33 percent).

>

> As of December 31, 2004, 104,848 women were held in state and federal

> prisons - up from 68,468 in 1995. Women constituted 7.0 percent of all

> inmates - up from 6.1 percent in 1995.

>

> About 8.4 percent of all black male U.S. residents between 25 and 29

> years old were in a state or federal prison in 2004, compared to 2.5

> percent of Hispanic males in the same age group and 1.2 percent of white

> males. Among male and female prisoners combined, 41 percent were black, 34

> percent were white, 19 percent Hispanic and the rest were other races or

> two or more races.

>

> The report, "Prisoners in 2004" (NCJ-210677) was written by BJS

> statisticians Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck. Following publication,

> the report can be found at: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p04.htm

>

> For additional information about the Bureau of Justice Statistics

> statistical reports programs, please visit the BJS website at:

> www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs.

>

> The Office of Justice Programs provides federal leadership in

> developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer

> justice, and assist victims. OJP is headed by an Assistant Attorney

> General and comprises five component bureaus and two offices: the Bureau

> of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National

> Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

> Prevention; and the Office for Victims of Crime, as well as the Office of

> the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education and the Community Capacity

> Development Office, which incorporates the Weed and Seed strategy and

> OJP's American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Desk. More information can

> be found at www.ojp.usdoj.gov.

>

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