Adults (18+)

NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL POPULATION REACHES NEW HIGH -- GROWS BY 126,400 DURING 2000 TO TOTAL 6.5 MILLION ADULTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's combined federal, state and local adult correctional population reached a new high of almost 6.5 million men and women in 2000, having grown by 126,400 men and women...

U.S. CORRECTIONAL POPULATION REACHES 6.6 MILLION

One in 32 Adult Residents Incarcerated or Under Community Supervision

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The adult U.S. correctional population reached a record of almost 6.6 million men and women at the end of 2001, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was an...

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...

ONE IN EVERY 32 ADULTS NOW ON PROBATION, PAROLE OR INCARCERATED

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's correctional population reached a record of more than 6.7 million adult men and women by the end of 2002, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today...

ALMOST 6.9 MILLION ON PROBATION OR PAROLE OR INCARCERATED IN U.S. PRISONS OR JAILS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's combined federal, state and local adult correctional population reached a new record of almost 6.9 million men and women in 2003, an increase...

ALMOST 7 MILLION ADULTS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION BEHIND BARS OR ON PROBATION OR PAROLE IN THE COMMUNITY

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of adults in prison, jail, or on probation or parole reached almost 7 million during 2004, the Department of Justice's Bureau of...

ONE IN EVERY 32 ADULTS WAS IN A PRISON, JAIL, ON PROBATION, OR ON PAROLE AT THE END OF 2005

WASHINGTON - As of last Dec. 31 there were 1,525,924 prisoners being held by state and federal correctional authorities, the...