NCJ Number
146153
Date Published
1993
Length
114 pages
Annotation
This report provides an overview of offender admissions and releases from Georgia's correctional facilities and probation caseloads from 1983 through 1992.
Abstract
Admissions to Georgia's prisons increased from 11,596 in 1983 to 20,475 in 1990 and then decreased to 18,411 in 1992. In the past 10 years, the number of female prison admissions almost doubled, while the number of male prison admissions increased 56 percent. The percentage of black inmates has increased substantially from 1983 through 1992. Although 37 percent of those admitted in 1992 reported finishing high school, the average functional reading level is seventh grade. Only one in five of the offenders was employed at the time of arrest. Half of the 1992 prison admissions were probation and parole revocations. Nearly half also had short sentences. Figures, tables, glossary, and index