NCJ Number
77950
Date Published
1980
Length
28 pages
Annotation
Population characteristics of admissions to Hawaii's adult correctional facilities are presented for fiscal year 1978-1979.
Abstract
Tabular data and brief narrative explanation are presented for the characteristics of age, sex, race, marital status, place of birth, citizenship, frequency of recorded admissions, terminal movements, admission status, offense grades, and median detention. Based on data collected for fiscal year 1978-1979, 2,262 admissions were recorded, representing 65 to 70 percent of the actual total admissions. Persons between the ages of 18 and 24 composed the single largest age group admitted in all facilities, and about 9 of every 10 persons admitted were males. Caucasians and part-Hawaiians were the largest racial groups admitted. Excluding 81 persons (4 percent of the total) who provided no information on marital status, 7 out of 10 persons were single. About 53 percent were born in Hawaii; 37.2 percent said they were from the U.S. mainland; and 9.8 percent claimed to be foreign born. Of those admitted, 84.7 percent had been admitted once before; 11.3 percent twice; and 4 percent had been admitted more than twice. Pretrial felons constituted the largest group of admissions (37.4 percent), followed by pretrial misdemeanants (33.3 percent). Appended are the initial intake form, a comparison of manual admissions statistics and recorded admissions, the intake center's admissions form, and a discussion of the major problems with the initial intake for data.