NCJ Number
123522
Date Published
1990
Length
58 pages
Annotation
This report describes in detail the characteristics of persons admitted to and released from United States prison and parole systems during 1985.
Abstract
The report presents data contributed by 36 States, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the 1985 National Corrections Reporting Program. Participating States provided information on demographic characteristics and conviction offenses of persons entering or leaving prison and those entering or leaving parole. They also provided data on sentence length and time served. Major findings of the report included the following: (1) The great majority (93.8 percent) of the admissions to State prisons were males; (2) Fifty-three percent were whites, 46 percent were blacks, 1 percent were other races, primarily American Indians and Asians; (3) The median age at admission for all offenders was 27 years; (4) The majority (93.3 percent) of persons released from State prisons were male, 53 percent white, 46 percent black, and 1 percent other races; (5) Violent offenders had served twice as long on average as either property or drug offenders and nearly three times as long as public-order offenders; (6) The median time served in prison by the parole-entry group was 15 months; and (7) Unsuccessful State parole discharges served an average of 19 months on parole prior to parole revocation. Notes, tables