This annual Bulletin reports the number of persons in State and Federal prisons at yearend. It compares the increase in the prison population during 1996 with that of the previous year and gives the 5 and 10-year growth rates. The Bulletin reports the number of male and female prisoners, the incarceration rates for States, and data on prison capacities and use of local jails because of prison crowding.
Prisoners in 1996
NCJ Number
164619
Date Published
June 1997
Publication Series
Annotation
This annual Bulletin reports the number of persons in State and Federal prisons at yearend.
Abstract
Date Published: June 22, 1997