Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

-------- ---~-Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Persons Under Correctional SupervisionTable 6.39 Population and movement of prisoners in Federal Institutions, fiscal years 1946_82 0Table 6.38 Inmates participating in education programs b) type of program N:)TE: The Federal Prison System is responsible for two distinct Federal total Federal prison population was housed in contract facilities at theoffered and jurisdiction, 1981 , 'offender populations: (I) Individuals who are housed in, have escaped end of fiscal year 191:l2. Data in this report are often broken down infofrom, or are in transit between Federal Institutions and comnunity two sets of mutually exdusive categories: (I) court commitments andN:)TE: Thi~ info~mation was collected thr~ug~ a survey moiled to the departments oftreatment cer ,arSj and (2) individuals who are housed In, awaiting trial other-than-court comnitmentsj and (2) prisoners under sentence andcorrectIons In the 50 States, the Dlstnct of C .. Il.mbia, Guam Puerto Rico and the in, or enroute to contract facilities, I.e., State, local, or private prisoners not ur,der sentence. For on explanation "f the sentencing~e~er?1 ~urea~ of Prisons. The survey was conducted in ~arly 1982. ' Twelve Ifacilities that are under contract with the Federal Prison System for procedures within these categories, see Appendix 20. For a definition ofJUrJsdlctlons dId not respond to the survey: Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana,the housing of Federal offenders. Approximately 7.1 percent of the "mandatory release," see N:)TE, Table 6.6.Montano, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico.All figu\es are approximations received from the responding agencies. Received (transfers excluded) Trans-. "LIteracy programs" teach basic reading and writing skills to the illiterate andViolators returned Study Escaped ferred Discharged (transfers excluded)!unctionally illiterate. "Adult Basic Education (ABE)" provides basic educational skills IPopulation and prison- from Study Trans-I~ ,the, areas 0; read,ing, writing, and arithmetic, as well as coping ski lis needed forbegin- Mando- obser- ers other Manda- and ferred to Popula-IJvJn9 In today s socIety. "General Educational Development (GED)" allows students to Fisc