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,-.-~------......-~-----n.~-".~" ... ""Sourcebook of Criminol Justice Statistics 1983Persons 'Under Correctional SupervisionTuble 6.53 Prisoners granted parole by U.S. Parole Commission, by region, fiscal yearsTable 6.54 Deaths among sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of State and Federal correctional authorities, by cause of1977-81 death, sex, region, and jurisdiction" 1981NJTE: These date refer only to defendonts sentenced as adults. The "percent" column refers to NJTE: See NJTE, Figure 6.5. For information on methadolagy, definitions of terms, and a detailedinmates who were granted parole as a proportion of the total number of Inmates considered for explanation of revised, estimated, and nancomparable data, see Appendix 19.porole. The Source notes, "while the percentage granted parole has traditionally served as anindicator of paroling policy, it hos several limitations. First, It is affected by changes In types of Illness or Accidental Causedoffenders entering the system. For exomple, the rate of parole grants for auto thieves may not be Total Execution natural causes Suicide self-injuret bet another Not knownthe same as for narcotics dealers. Second, the measure may be offected by changes in sentencing Region and jurisdiction iotal Male Female Male Female Male Female Mole Female Male Femole Male Female Male Femalepractices" (Source, 198 I, p. 4). The data do not reflect decisions modified under theCommission's oppellate or reopening provisions. Data for 1971:1 have been revised from earlier U,ited States, total m 776 IS 0 366 8 75 23reports by the Source.104 0 207 5For a list of States in regions, see Appendix 5. Federal Institutions, total 58 58 0 0 0 36 0 9 0 0 0 13 0 0 01977 1978 1979 1980 191:11 State Institutions, total 733 718 ISRegion0 330 8 66 23 91 0 207 5Number Percent l\lJmber Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number PercentNortheast 103 101 2 0 0 31 I 12 0TotalI 0 10 0 47 I3,746 44.1 5,260 54.3 6,427 65.8 6,722 69.7 5,436 64.8 Maine 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 I 0New H:Jmpshire I I 0 0 0 0Northeast0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0664 43.9 861 50.7 1,113 60.3 1,149 63.8 1,072 64.0 Vermant 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Southeast0 0 0 0 0 01,IU6 55.1 1,322 55.7 1,727 71.4 1,91:11:1 74.1 1,608 68.3 Massachusetts 6 6 0 0North Central0 3 0 2 0 0 0 I 0 0 01:164 41.7 1,330 59.9 1,564 71.3 1,354 72.0 1,066 65.9 Rhode Island 0 X X X X X X X X X XSouth CentralX X X X593 41.5 61:13 45.9 939 59.8 977 67.2 939 65.9 Connecticut 20West19 I 0 0 I 0 2 0 I 0 8 05197 I35.2 1,064 55.7 1,084 62.3 1,254 68.7 751 57.0 New York 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0New Jersey 7 7 0 0 0 5 0 I 0 0 0 I 0 0 0Source: U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Parole Corrmlsslon, Re!j0rt of the U.S. Parole Pennsylvania 26 25 I 0 0 22 I 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0£'I)!"(rnlsslon, October I, 1976 to September 30, 1978, p. 18; Tables II-A an 11-8; October ), 1978to SepteiTiber 30, 1960, p. 21, Table 11-8; and Sheldon Adelberg, "Workload and Decision trendS: North Central 146 146 0 I 0 67 0 16 0 3 0 II 0 4!l 0Statistical Highlights (Fiscal Years 1979-1981 )," Report 32. U.S. Parole Commission 1982. Ohio 29 29 0 0 0 19 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0(Mimeographed.) P. 3. Table adapted by SCJlRCEBCO< staff. • Indiana 22 22 0 I 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0illinois 7 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0iMichigan 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 41 0Wisconsin 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0IMinnesota I I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0Iowa 5 5 0 0 0 2!0 I 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Missouri 16 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", j North Dakota I I 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Dakota 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X XI Nebraska I I 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0I Kansas 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0! South 353 342 II 0 0 170 5 18 I 15 I 33 0 106 4I Delaware I I 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,Maryland 27 27 0 0 0 18 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0j District of Columbia 16 15 I 0 0 12 0 0 0 I I 2 0 0 IVirginia 45 44 I 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0iWest Virginia 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0INorth Carolina 28 26 2 0 0 19 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0i ,South Carolina 19 19 0 0 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0~ Georgia 15 15 0 0 0 10 0 I 0 I 0 3 0 0 0I Florida 39 38 I 0 0 29 0 3 I 2 0 4 0 0 0~ Kentucky 8 8 0 0 0 4 0 I 0 0 0 3 0 0 0Tennessee 16 16 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 I 0~ Alabama 13 12 I 0 0 12 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 5 4 I 0 0 3 I I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Arkansas 9 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0Louisiana 14 14 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0Oklahoma 8 7 I 0 0 3 I 0 0 I 0 3 0 0 0~Texas 86 83 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 311 West 131 129 2 0 0 62 l 20 0 4 0 37 0 6 0II Mantana 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0IiIdaho 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0Ij Wyoming 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 I) 0 0 0 I 0L0 0Colorado 10 10 0 0 0 3 0 J 0 I 0 2 0 3 0/I New Mexico 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0Arizona 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 I 0 0 0 2 0 0 0Utah 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 I 0 0 0Nevada 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 I 0 0 0 I 0 0 0Washington 18 18 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0IIOregon 18 18 0 0 0 18 0 () 0 0 0 0 0 0 0California 51 49 2 0 0 21 2 12 0 0 0 16 0 0 0Alaska I I 0 0 0 I 0 Ci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0iI,)iI({IiJwall 0 X X X X X X )I: X X X X X X XSource: U.S. Deportment of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prlscner~ In State and Federal Institutions on December 31, i 981, NCJ-86485 (Washington, D.C.~ U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983), p. ~600 601