NCJ Number
52701
Date Published
1979
Length
52 pages
Annotation
TWO SUBJECTS OF CONTEMPORARY INTEREST--PRISON OVERCROWDING AND THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBERS OF WOMEN IN PRISON--RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION IN THIS REPORT.
Abstract
THIS IS THE MOST RECENT IN AN ANNUAL SERIES REPORTING THE NUMBER AND MOVEMENT OF PRISONERS HELD BY STATE AND FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL AUTHORITIES. THE YEAREND 1977 DISTRIBUTION OF INMATES AND CHANGES IN THE PATTERNS OF PRISON POPULATION AT THE STATE AND REGIONAL LEVELS ARE DISCUSSED, AS ARE THE VOLUME AND TYPES OF PRISON ADMISSIONS AND DEPARTURES DURING THE YEAR. THE REPORT ALSO EXAMINES HISTORICAL TRENDS IN YEAREND PRISONER COUNTS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. ALTHOUGH THE REPORT FOCUSES ON PERSONS SENTENCED AS ADULTS OR YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS TO A MAXIMUM TERM OF MORE THAN 1 YEAR, COUNTS ARE ALSO GIVEN FOR THE RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBERS OF INMATES SERVING SENTENCES OF A YEAR OR LESS AND OF UNSENTENCED PERSONS BEING HELD. UNLIKE THE TWO PRECEDING REPORTS IN THE SERIES, THIS ONE DOES NOT INCLUDE A COUNT OF THE INMATE POPULATION AT MIDYEAR. DATA INDICATES THAT FEMALES RECEIVE SHORTER SENTENCES, AND FEMALE