Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System
Date Published
October 1993
Adult correctional facilities
Trends in State Parole, 1990-2000
Date Published
October 2001
Truth in Sentencing in State Prisons
Date Published
January 1999
Education and Correctional Populations
Date Published
January 2003
DWI Offenders under Correctional Supervision
Date Published
June 1999
Veterans in State and Federal Prison, 2004
Date Published
April 2007
Veterans in Prison or Jail
Date Published
January 2000
Offenders Returning to Federal Prison, 1986-97
Date Published
September 2000
Medical Problems of Inmates, 1997
Date Published
January 2001
Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers
Date Published
July 1999
Mental Health Treatment in State Prisons, 2000
Date Published
July 2001
Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates
Date Published
September 2006
Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004
Date Published
January 2007
Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases
Date Published
November 2000
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1993 (Executive Summary)
Date Published
October 1995
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1995
Date Published
May 1997
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1994
Date Published
July 1996
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1993
Date Published
October 1995
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996
Date Published
April 1999
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996 (Executive Summary)
Date Published
April 1999
Prisoners in 1994
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GREW
ALMOST 9 PERCENT LAST YEAR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's state and federal prisons had to
find room for 83,294 more inmates last year--the
second largest annual increase in history and just 1,470 fewer than
the 84,764 increase recorded in 1989. The total...
Survey of State Prison Inmates, 1991
Survey of Inmate Characteristics
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An estimated 16 percent of prison inmates were armed with
a gun when they committed the offense for which they were
serving time, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced
today. About half of the armed inmates (or about 8 percent of
all prisoners) said they had fired...
Comparing Federal and State Prison Inmates, 1991
Comparing Federal and State Prisoners
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COMPARING FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most federal prisoners are drug
offenders, but almost half of state prisoners are serving
time for violent crimes. Offenders in federal prisons are
almost three times as likely as state prisoners to be
incarcerated for a drug offense, according...
Prisoners in 1993
Record Number of Prisoners Reached Again Last Year U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994 202-307-0784 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of state and federal prisoners at the end of last year reached a new record number--948,881 inmates, an almost two-fold increase since 1980, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. In 1980...
Jails and Jail Inmates, 1993-94: Census of Jails and Survey of Jails
THE NATION'S JAILS HOLD RECORD 490,442 INMATES
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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THE NATION'S JAILS HOLD RECORD 490,442 INMATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's local jails held a record
490,442 men and women as of last June 30, the Department of Justice
announced today. During the 12 months preceding June 30, 1994, the...