Adult correctional facilities

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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ALMOST 1.5 MILLION MINOR CHILDREN
HAVE A MOTHER OR FATHER IN PRISON

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   Of the nation's 72 million minor
children (17 years old and younger), an estimated 2 percent had an
imprisoned parent in 1999, the Justice Department's Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.  Last year, an estimated...

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THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GROWTH RATE SLOWS

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   During 1999, the nation's prison population
rose at the lowest rate since 1979 and recorded the smallest absolute
increase since 1988, according to a bulletin released today by the
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The prison
population growth slowed to 3.4 percent last...

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NATION'S STATE PRISON POPULATION GROWTH SLOWS -- LOWEST ANNUAL RATE INCREASE SINCE 1971

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the year ending June 30, 2000, the nation's state prison population grew by the smallest percentage in 29 years, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The growth in the number of prisoners...

HIV RATES IN NATION'S PRISONS REMAIN STABLE
AIDS-RELATED DEATHS AMONG PRISONERS DROP SHARPLY

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Between 1995 and 1999 the percent of the nation's prison inmates known to be infected with the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) has fluctuated between 2.3 percent and 2.1 percent, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...

EIGHTY-NINE PERCENT OF STATE ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR PRISONERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On June 30, 2000, 1,394 of the nation's 1,558 adult state correctional facilities provided some type of mental health services to their inmates, according to a new report from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...

NATION'S STATE PRISON POPULATION FALLS IN SECOND HALF OF 2000 -- FIRST SUCH DECLINE SINCE 1972

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the last six months of 2000, the nation's state prison population declined by more than 6,200 inmates - the first measured decline since 1972, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

FORTY-TWO PERCENT OF STATE PAROLE DISCHARGES WERE SUCCESSFUL

WASHINGTON, D.C. - About four in every ten persons discharged from parole in 1999 had successfully completed their term of supervision in the community, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The success rate was higher among parolees who had been...

STATE PRISON POPULATION DROPS IN SECOND HALF OF 2001
FEDERAL INMATE GROWTH CONTINUES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During 2001, the nation's prison population rose at the lowest rate since 1972 and had the smallest absolute increase since 1979, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Overall, the number of prisoners...

FEDERAL PRISON POPULATION INCREASES A RECORD AMOUNT
STATE AND LOCAL INMATE GROWTH MODERATES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the first six months of 2001 the federal prison system added 7,372 inmates, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. It was the largest ever six-month growth in the federal system. At...

TWO-THIRDS OF FORMER STATE PRISONERS REARRESTED FOR SERIOUS NEW CRIMES

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sixty-seven percent of former inmates released from state prisons in 1994 committed at least one serious new crime within the following three years, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was a rearrest rate 5 percent...

MORE THAN 5.6 MILLION U.S. RESIDENTS HAVE SERVED OR ARE SERVING TIME IN STATE OR FEDERAL PRISONS

WASHINGTON, D.C.- More than 5.6 million adult U.S. residents were serving time or had previously served time in a state or federal prison as of the end of...

NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION EXCEEDS 2 MILLION INMATES FOR FIRST TIME

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's prisons and jails held more than 2 million inmates for the first time on June 30, 2002, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.

The 50 states, the District of Columbia and...

5 PERCENT OF SEX OFFENDERS REARRESTED FOR ANOTHER SEX CRIME WITHIN 3 YEARS OF PRISON RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Within 3 years following their 1994 state prison release, 5.3 percent of sex offenders (men who had committed rape or sexual assault) were rearrested for...