NATIONAL PRISONER STATISTICS - PRISONERS IN STATE AND FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS - 1961

• NCJ Number: 2160
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1962
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL PRISONERS STATISTICS BULLETIN, NO 30

Annotation

ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS RELEASED AND PAROLED FROM INSTITUTIONS INCREASED, THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS CONFINED ROSE 3.4 PERCENT IN 1961.

Abstract

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAD A 287.7 PRISONER RATIO PER 100,000 INHABITANTS, THE HIGHEST RATE OF ANY STATE. COURT COMMITMENTS AND THE NUMBER OF EX-OFFENDERS VIOLATING THEIR PAROLE OR CONDITIONAL RELEASE INCREASED 9.1 PERCENT OVER 1960. THE NUMBER OF FEMALES IN STATE INSTITUTIONS INCREASED 2.4 PERCENT OVER THE NUMBER CONFINED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.