Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996

By Government Printing Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000054861
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: An estimated 5.5 million adult residents of the United States were under some form of correctional supervision in 1996. Seven in every ten of these people were on probation or parole. About 2.8% of all adult residents of the United States were under correctional supervision in 1996, up from 1.6% in 1985. About 9.0% of black adults, 2.0% of white adults, and 1.3% of adults of other races were under correctional supervision in 1996. Jails On June 30, 1996, local jails held an estimated 510, 400 adults, or about 1 in every 378 adult U.S. residents. Men comprised 89% of adult jail inmates. White non-Hispanic inmates accounted for 42% of the total jail population; black non- Hispanics, 41%; and Hispanics, 16%.

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