CHARACTERISTICS OF INMATES UNDER CUSTODY IN NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INSTITUTIONS IN 1973

• NCJ Number: 18739
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 22 pages
• Corporate Author: State of New York Dept of Correctional Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

INMATE STATISTICS ARE PRESENTED FOR THE STATE PRISON POPULATION OF NEW YORK.

Abstract

THE DATA IN THIS REPORT COVER REPORTED INMATE CHARACTERISTICS AT THE TIME OF COMMITMENT AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SELECTED ITEMS: REASON FOR COMMITMENT, COUNTY OF COMMITMENT, RACE OR NATIONALITY, MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SENTENCE, DANGEROUS DRUG USAGE, EDUCATION, PRIOR ADULT CRIMINAL RECORD AND PRESENT AGE. IN ADDITION, SUMMARY FIGURES ARE SHOWN FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS COMBINED AND FOR BOTH SEXES ALONG WITH PERCENT DISTRIBUTIONS. SUMMARY TOTALS ARE ALSO PROVIDED FOR THE FOUR BASIC TYPES OF CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS: GENERAL CONFINEMENT, RECEPTION AND CLASSIFICATION, CAMPS AND SPECIALIZED FACILITIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)