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April, 2001 U.S.
Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Statistics
 Prison and Jail Inmates
at Midyear 2000
Presents data on prison
and jail inmates collected from National Prisoner Statistics
counts and the Annual Survey of Jails in 2000. This report
provides data on the number of inmates, the total incarceration
rate per 100,000 residents in each State, and the trends since
1990. It offers percentage changes in the size of State and
Federal prison populations since the end of 1999 and midyear 1999.
The report includes total numbers for prison and jail inmates by
gender, race, and Hispanic origin as well as counts of jail
inmates by juvenile status, conviction status, and confinement
status. The midyear report also presents findings on rated
capacity of local jails, percent of capacity occupied, and
capacity added.
Highlights include the
following:
From yearend 1990 to
midyear 2000
- The rate of
incarceration increased from 1 in every 218 U.S. residents to
1 in every 142.
-
State,
Federal, and local governments had to accommodate an
additional 82,438 inmates per year (or the equivalent of 1,585
new inmates per week).
In the year ending
June 30, 2000
- The number of inmates
held in jail rose by 15,206, in State prison by 27,953, and in
Federal prison by 13,501.
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