NCJ Number
143842
Date Published
1993
Length
44 pages
Annotation
The California Department of Corrections published these projections of institutional, parole, and outpatient populations for fiscal years 1992-1993 through 1997-1998, based on current data and existing law.
Abstract
While the rise in population prior to June 1991 was due primarily to the impact of legislative changes, a judicial propensity to sentence to State prison, and an increase in parole violator returns, recent increases in the prison population have been attributed to a resurgence in new admissions from court and the higher proportion of violent offenders who generally receive longer sentences. The premises upon which this analysis are based include admission rates, significant chartered legislation and initiatives, the inmate work/training incentive program (IWTIP), mean sentence and preconfinement credits, placement need projections, and parole violators. 21 tables and 7 figures