Adult correctional facilities

THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION CONTINUES ITS SLOW GROWTH
UP 1.9 PERCENT LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON - The number of prisoners in the United States rose 1.9 percent during 2004, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was lower...

STUDY FINDS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL INMATES HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON - More than half of all prison and jail inmates, including 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent...

HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS DECREASED FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

More than one third of jail inmates reported a medical problem in a national survey

WASHINGTON - The numbers of both HIV-positive state and federal prisoners and AIDS-related prisoner...

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...

DEATH RATES LOWER IN STATE PRISONS THAN IN THE GENERAL POPULATION

Nine in Ten Deaths Due to Illness

WASHINGTON - The nation's state prison officials reported that 12,129 inmates died while in custody from 2001 through 2004, the Justice Department's Bureau...

MALE VETERANS LESS THAN HALF AS LIKELY AS MALE NON-VETERANS TO BE IN PRISON IN 2004

Veterans Older, Better Educated Than Other State and Federal Prisoners

WASHINGTON - There were an estimated 140,000 veterans held in state and federal prisons in 2004...

ONE IN EVERY 31 U.S. ADULTS WAS IN A PRISON OR JAIL OR ON PROBATION OR PAROLE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON - The U.S. adult correctional population, incarcerated or in the community, reached 7.2 million men and women, an...

Corrections:
Paragraph 2- increased by 42,552
Paragraph 4 - Alaska had the largest percentage increase (up 9.4 percent)

LARGEST INCREASE IN PRISON AND JAIL INMATE POPULATIONS
SINCE MIDYEAR 2000

More Than 2.24 Million Incarcerated as of June 30, 2006

WASHINGTON...

HIV/AIDS CASES AMONG STATE AND FEDERAL PRISON INMATES
FELL FOR THE SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR DURING 2005

The Estimated Number of AIDS-Related Deaths Continued to Decline

WASHINGTON - There were 22,480 state and federal inmates who were HIV infected or had confirmed AIDS...

NUMBER OF HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL INMATES CONTINUES TO DECLINE

About 44 percent of state inmates and 39 percent of federal inmates have medical problems

WASHINGTON Between 2005 and 2006 the number of state and federal prisoners who were HIV-positive decreased 3.1 percent from 22,676...

SLOWER GROWTH IN THE NATION’S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATIONS

WASHINGTON -- The growth in the number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction slowed during the first six months of 2007, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. The...

AN ESTIMATED 809,800 INMATES IN THE NATION'S PRISONS WERE PARENTS TO 1,706,600 MINOR CHILDREN AT MIDYEAR 2007

WASHINGTON - An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation's prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report...

ONE IN EVERY 31 U.S. ADULTS WERE IN PRISON OR JAIL OR
ON PROBATION OR PAROLE IN 2007

WASHINGTON - More than 7.3 million men and women were under correctional supervision in the nation’s prisons or jails or on probation or parole...

GROWTH IN PRISON AND JAIL POPULATIONS SLOWING:

16 States Report Declines in the Number of Prisoners

WASHINGTON - As of June 30, 2008, state and federal correctional authorities had jurisdiction or legal authority over 1,610,584 prisoners. Additionally, 785,556 inmates were held in...