NCJ Number
190590
Date Published
July 2000
Length
208 pages
Annotation
This report contains prison statistics for England and Wales for the year 1999.
Abstract
The report is divided into 11 chapters: (1) The Prison Population in 1999; (2) Remand Prisoners; (3) Young Offenders Under Sentence; (4) Adult Prisoners Under Sentence; (5) Life Sentence Prisoners; (6) Ethnic Group, Nationality, and Religion; (7) Prison Regimes, Conditions, and Costs; (8) Offenses and Punishments; (9) Reconvictions of Prisoners Discharged From Prison in 1996; (10) Parole and Home Detention Curfew; and (11) Home Office Research on Prison Related Topics. The average population in custody during 1999 was 64,770, a reduction of 1 percent from 1998, the year in which the average prison population (65,300) had been greater than in any previous year. Between 1998 and 1999, female prisoners increased by 5 percent from an average 3,110 to 3,250. In England and Wales there were 125 prisoners for every 100,000 members of the general population in 1999. This was the second highest among western European countries. Only Portugal (131) had more prisoners relative to population. Russia and the United States had the highest rates in the world, some six times higher than those in western Europe, Canada, and Australia. Tables, notes, figures