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Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996

Presents data on the growing number of persons in the United States under some form of correctional supervision for 1996: 3.2 million on probation, 510,400 in jail, 1,127,528 in prison, and 704,709 on parole. The data for State and Federal prison inmates are reported for 1996: 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, as well as data on persons held in U.S. military confinement facilities. A special section presents 31 tables summarizing the 1996 Survey of Inmates in Local Jails. This report is the fifth in a series conducted approximately every 5 to 7 years since 1972. 4/99.

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:   NCJ 170013   Acrobat file (1.8M) | Ascii file (text only 28K)
Executive Summary:  NCJ 171684  Acrobat file (49K) | Ascii file (12 K)

(Supporting spreadsheets for each section are in zip format)
Section 1. Trends in U.S. correctional populations:
     Acrobat file (221K) | Supporting spreadsheets (20K)

Section 2. Jail inmates in 1996:
     Acrobat file (165K) | Supporting spreadsheets (59K)

Section 3. Probation in 1996:
     Acrobat file (231K) | Supporting spreadsheets (42K)

Section 4. Survey of jail inmates, 1996 :
     Acrobat file (376K) | Supporting spreadsheets (105K)

Section 5. Prisoners in 1996:
      Acrobat file (405K) | Supporting spreadsheets (112K)

Section 6. Parole in 1996:
      Acrobat file (217K) | Supporting spreadsheets (38K)

Section 7. Capital Punishment in 1996:
     Acrobat file (358K) | Supporting spreadsheets (110K)

Section 8. U.S. military corrections in 1996:
      Acrobat file (154K) | Supporting spreadsheets (35K)

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