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Correctional Populations in the United States, 1994

This annual publication presents data for 1994 on the growing number of persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision: 3.0 million on probation, 483,700 in jail, 991,600 in prison, and 690,200 on parole. The following data for State and Federal prison inmates are reported for 1994: sex, race, Hispanic origin, admission type, release type, sentence length, escapes, probation and parole violations, facility crowding, deaths in prison, and inmates entering prison under sentence of death. Information on jail inmates is included in the report. A special section presents new data on persons held in U.S. military confinement facilities by branch of service. 7/96. NCJ-160091

This report is one in a series. More recent editions may be available. To view a list of all in the series go to the publications page.

Full report: Acrobat file (769K) | Codebooks & data sets

Section 1: Introduction Acrobat file (163K) | Spreadsheets of 22 tables (60K)
Section 2: Jail inmates in 1994 Acrobat file (25K)
Section 3: Probation in 1994 Acrobat file (73K) | Spreadsheets of 10 tables (34K)
Section 4: Military corrections in 1994 Acrobat file (43K) | Spreadsheets of 17 tables (31K)
Section 5: Prisoners in 1994 Acrobat file (262K) | Spreadsheets of 20 tables (186K)
Section 6: Parole in 1994 Acrobat file (60K) | Spreadsheets of 9 tables (30K)
Section 7: Capital Punishment in 1994 Acrobat file (194K) | Spreadsheets of 26 tables (106K)

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