NCJ Number
152482
Date Published
1994
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This report presents statistics regarding the average daily inmate populations in each correctional complex, major institution, and satellite housing unit in the New Jersey Department of Corrections during fiscal year 1994, as well as trends since 1990.
Abstract
New Jersey had an average daily inmate population of 24,083, of whom 14,206 were in State prison facilities, 4,879 in youth correctional facilities, and 598 in juvenile facilities. An additional 4,400 State-sentenced offenders were housed in county facilities. Three hundred eighty-six of the prison facility's inmates were housed in contract halfway houses. From fiscal year 1993 to fiscal year 1994, the average daily population increased by 2 percent. The State prison population increased by 2 percent, the youth complex population by 5 percent, and the juvenile facilities population by 5 percent. Tables