United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

192 Law Enforcement, Federal Courts, and Prisons
No. 3 29. Ut il iz a t io n o f F e d e r a l, St a t e , a n d Lo c a l C o r r e c t io n a l F a c il it ie s : 1978
(In thousands of Inmates, except percent. Conn.. N.Y., N.C., Va„ and Calif, had a total of over 500 inmates housed In
confinement units not included in this table. Hence measured capacity for State facilities probably underestimated by 10,000 to
15.000 beds]
ITEM
Inmates,
total
Reported
capacity1
Reported
utilization
(percent)
Measured
capacity2
Measured
utilization
(percent)
Physical
capacity3
Physical
utilization
(percent)
Total.............................. 412 502 82 376 110 257 160
Federal.............................. 28 2 5 1 1 3 24 i i a 1 9 1 5 0
State................................. 226 244 9 4 200 114 132 1 7 3
Local................................. 156 234 6 6 151 1 0 2 106 146
'Capacity reported by the jurisdiction. ’Defined as one inmate per room of any size or, for dormitories, the smaller of; (1)
number of square feet of floor space divided by 60 or (2) the jurisdlctionally reported capacity. 3Defined as a minimum of 60
square feet of floor space per Inmate.
Source; U.S, Dept, of Justice, National Institute of Justice, A m e ric a n P ris o n s a n d J a ils , V o lu m e I: S u m m a ry a n d P o lic y
Im p lic a tio n s o f a N a tio n a l S urvey, 1980.
No. 330. Jail In m a t e s— S e l e c t e d C h a r a c t e r is t ic s : 1978
[See headnote, table 328]
CHARACTERISTIC Total' White Black
CHARACTERISTIC
Total' White Black
Total Inmates *............... 158,394 89,418 69,104
Male............. ......................... 148,839 84,752 60,474
Female.................................. 9,555 4,668 4,630
Under 30 years...................... 110,166 60,581 46,788
30 years and over.................. 48,226 28,836 18,316
Median age (years)................. 25.3 25.0 25.6
Educational attainment:
Less than 18 years... .......... 96,265 53,084 40,923
12 years or more................ 61,943 36,163 24,165
Median................................ 10.2 10.2 10.2
Prearresl employment status:
Employed............................ 89,526 51,193 36,195
Not employed..................... 68,101 37,658 26,555
With preartest income............ 147.736 83,622 60,592
Median income (dollars)....... 3,714 4,814 2,986
Without presrrest income........ 10,659 5,796 4,512
Military service*.
Served..........
Never served.
Type of offense*.
Violent.....
Property...
Drug.........
Public order....
Legal r
i counsel.
Own lawyer..............
Provided with lawyer..
Without counsel..........
Detention status:
Unconvlcted inmates...
Bail status:
Set...
Not set
Convicted inmates......
Method of conviction:
Pleaded guilty......
Judged guilty........
39,861
116,486
46,944
65,455
13,566
30,088
tf, I £ .9
42,183
14,443
66,936
54,304
11,607
91,411
70,045
20,075
26,696 12,120
62,716 52,942
20,163
38,466
8 ,6 8 0
20,597
27,318
5,202
22,026
8,879
36,677
29,305
6,848
52,698
42,538
9,668
25,546
25,670
4,726
8,363
23,345
3,836
19.335
5,062
28,799
23,861
4,441
36,300
25,682
9,916
includes races other than White and Black. 3 Detail may not add to total because some items are unavailable or unknowa
Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, P ro file o f J a il In m a te s : S o c io d e m o g ra p h ic F in d in g s fro m th e 1 9 7 8 S u rv e y o f in m a te s o f
L o c a l J a ils , October 1980.
No. 331. F e d e ra l P ris o n e rs U n d e r S e n te n c e , b y O ffe n s e a n d R a c e : 1981
[These data pertain only to the Federal offender population housed in Federal Institutions during or on the last day of the fiscal
year ending Sept 30. Represents more than 89 percent of the sentenced Federal prisoner population]
WHITE
OTHER RACES
WHITE
OTHER RACES
OFFENSE
Total
Number
Average
sentence
(mo.)
Number
Average
sentence
(mo.)
OFFENSE
Total
Number
Average
sentence
(mo.)
Number
Average
sentence
(mo.)
Total 1...
Drug laws........
Larceny/theft....
Firearms__........
Immigration........
Forgery----------
20,358 12,758 102.4 7,600 144.2 Securities
5,387
4,312
2,225
804
954
539
4,030
2,152
1,345
603
934
229
75.8
178.3
60.5
59.1
15.3
55.1
1,357
2,160
. 861
201
20
310
104.5
178.3
49.2
52.4
15.0
48.8
violations * ..............
Counterfeiting.............
Kidnaping...................
Juvenile delinquency....
Burglary......................
Government3............ .
102
389
739
416
9
70
2,342
73
310
597
276
4
41
592
79.3
59.5
50.3
373.7
14.5
94.8
298.3
29
79
142
140
5
29
1,732
71,5
48.0
37.8
400.2
68.4
112.9
213.4
'Includes offenses not shown separately. ’Transporting false or forged securities. ’ Includes offenses committed on
government reservations, the high seas, territories, and the District of Columbia.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Prisons, S ta tis tic a l R e p o rt, annual.