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| State and Local Inmate Growth Moderates |
| By Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Published: 05/13/2002 |
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During the first six months of 2001 the federal prison system added 7,372 inmates, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. It was the largest ever six-month growth in the federal system. At the same time, the number of state prison inmates increased by a relatively modest 7,048. Between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001, the federal prison population rose 7.2 percent, the state prison population rose 0.4 percent and local jail populations rose 1.6 percent. During the period state prison populations grew at their slowest rate in 28 years, while local jails rose at their slowest rate since 1982, when BJS started collecting such data. On June 30, 2001, about 1,965,495 men and women were in prison or in a local jail-the equivalent of 1 in every 145 U.S. residents. Local jails held 631,240 inmates, up 10,091 from midyear 2000. State prisons held 1,252,743 people under their jurisdiction and the federal corrections system had 152,788. For the 12 months ending at midyear 2001, federal, state and local governments had to find room for 30,505 more inmates, the equivalent of 587 more inmates each week. At midyear 2001, jails were operating at 90 percent of capacity, down from 104 percent of capacity in 1990. At year-end 2000, according to the latest available data, state prisons were operating at between 100 percent and 115 percent of capacity, while Federal prisons were at 31 percent above capacity. Privately operated prison facilities held 94,948 inmates on June 30, 2001, up 4.9 percent from six months earlier. Four states had at least 30 percent of their inmates in privately operated facilities, led by New Mexico (45 percent), Alaska (34 percent), Montana (30 percent) and Oklahoma (30 percent). The federal system (with 18,185 inmates in private facilities) and Texas (with 17,746) reported the largest number at midyear 2001.gainst Nassau and Suffolk counties. |
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