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U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics

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April 2019, NCJ 252156

Prisoners in 2017 Jennifer Bronson, Ph.D., and E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., BJS Statisticians

The United States prison population declined from 1,508,129 at the end of 2016 to 1,489,363 at the end of 2017, a decrease of 1.2%. During the same period, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal correctional authorities decreased by 6,100 (down 3%), and the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities fell by 12,600 (down 1%). Te imprisonment rate for sentenced prisoners was the lowest since 1997, at 440 prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages and 568 per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or older (fgure 1). (Counts of sentenced prisoners include those who have received a sentence of more than one year.)

Findings in this report are based on the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program, administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Te program collects annual data from state departments of corrections (DOCs) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) on prison

FIGURE 1 Imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, per 100,000 U.S. residents, 1978–2017

Rate per 100‚000 U.S. residents 700

600

500

400

300

200

100

Age 18 or older

All ages

0 ’78 ’80 ’85 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’05 ’10 ’15 ’17

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. See appendix table 1 for imprisonment rates. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 1978–2017; and U.S. Census Bureau, post-censal resident population estimates for January 1 of the following calendar year.

H I G H L I G H T S � The imprisonment rate for sentenced prisoners

under state or federal jurisdiction decreased 2.1% from 2016 to 2017 (from 450 to 440 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents) and 13% from 2007 to 2017 (from 506 to 440 per 100,000).

� The number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction decreased by 18,700 (down 1.2%), from 1,508,100 at year-end 2016 to 1,489,400 at year-end 2017.

� The federal prison population decreased by 6,100 prisoners from year-end 2016 to year-end 2017 (down 3%), accounting for one-third of the overall change in the U.S. prison population.

� More than half (55%) of state prisoners were serving sentences for violent ofenses at year-end 2016, the most recent year for which data are available.

� The number of state or federal prisoners held in private facilities decreased 5% from 2016 to 2017.

� Non-citizens made up roughly the same portion of the U.S. prison population (7.6%) as of the total U.S. population (7.0%, per the U.S. Census Bureau).

� The imprisonment rate of sentenced black adults declined by 4% from 2016 to 2017 and by 31% from 2007 to 2017.

� Nearly half of federal prisoners were serving a sentence for a drug-trafcking ofense at fscal year-end 2017.

� At year-end 2017, the imprisonment rate for sentenced black males (2,336 per 100,000 black male U.S. residents) was almost six times that of sentenced white males (397 per 100,000 white male U.S. residents).

� At year-end 2016, an estimated 60% of Hispanics and blacks sentenced to serve more than one year in state prison had been convicted of and sentenced for a violent ofense, compared to 48% of white prisoners.

Terms and defnitions Adult imprisonment rate—The number of prisoners have a sentence of one year or less. Alaska, Connecticut, sentenced to more than one year under state or federal Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont operate jurisdiction per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or older. integrated systems that combine prisons and jails. Capacity, design—The number of inmates a facility can Jurisdiction—The legal authority of state or federal hold set by the architect or planner. correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where

the prisoner is held. Prisoners under jurisdiction of state Capacity, highest—The maximum number of beds across or federal correctional ofcials can be held in publicly the three capacity measures: design, operational, and or privately operated secure or non-secure facilities, rated capacity. including boot camps, halfway houses, treatment

Capacity, lowest—The minimum number of beds across facilities, hospitals, local jails, or another state’s facilities. the three capacity measures: design, operational, and

New court commitments—Admissions into prison of rated capacity. ofenders convicted and sentenced by a court, usually to a

Capacity, operational—The number of inmates a facility term of more than one year, including probation violators can hold based on stafng and services. and persons with a split sentence of incarceration Capacity, rated—The number of inmates or beds a facility followed by court-ordered probation or parole. can hold set by a rating ofcial. Parole violators—Persons released from prison Conditional releases—Includes discretionary parole, on discretionary or mandatory parole who were mandatory parole, post-custody probation, and other subsequently imprisoned either for violating conditions of unspecifed conditional releases. release or for new crimes.

Conditional-release violators—Persons who returned to Prison—A long-term confnement facility that is run by a prison after having been released to discretionary parole, state or the federal government and typically holds felons mandatory parole, or post-custody probation, or after and ofenders with sentences of more than one year. having been granted unspecifed conditional release. Sentence length may vary by state. Alaska, Connecticut,

Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont operate Custody—Prisoners held in the physical custody of state integrated systems that combine prisons and jails. or federal prisons, regardless of sentence length or the

authority with jurisdiction over the prisoner. Prisoner—An individual confned in a state or federal correctional facility, or in a private facility under state or Federal prison system—Includes persons held under federal jurisdiction. the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Prisons in secure

federal and private prison facilities; persons held in Probation violators—Persons on probation, sometimes non-secure, privately operated community corrections following release from prison, who were subsequently facilities; and juveniles in contract facilities. imprisoned either for violating conditions of their

probation or for new crimes. Imprisonment rate—The number of prisoners sentenced to more than one year under state or federal jurisdiction Sentenced prisoner—A prisoner sentenced to more than per 100,000 U.S. residents. one year. Jail—A confnement facility that is usually administered Supervised mandatory releases—Conditional releases by a local law enforcement agency and is intended for with post-custody supervision (generally occurring in adults but sometimes holds juveniles for confnement jurisdictions using determinate sentencing statutes). before or after adjudication. Such facilities include Unconditional releases—Expirations of sentences, jails and city or county correctional centers; special jail commutations, and other unspecifed releases that are facilities, such as medical treatment or release centers; not followed by probation, parole, or other supervision. halfway houses; work farms; and temporary holding

Year-end—As of December 31 of the calendar year. or lockup facilities that are part of the jail’s combined function. Prisoners sentenced to jail facilities usually

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capacity and prisoner counts, characteristics, admissions, and releases. Tis report is the ninety-second in a series that began in 1926. Forty-eight states and the BOP reported NPS data for 2017, while data for New Mexico and North Dakota were obtained from other sources or were imputed (see Methodology).

Total prison population

Te number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction at year-end 2017 (1,489,400) decreased 8% (down 126,100 prisoners) from 2009, when the U.S. prison population peaked at 1,615,500 (table 1). Federal prisoners made up 12% of the total U.S. prison population at year-end 2017 and accounted for 33% of the decline in the total prison population. Te number of federal prisoners decreased from 189,200 at year-end 2016 to 183,100 at year-end 2017. Tis was the ffh consecutive year of population decline among federal prisoners.

States held 1,306,300 prisoners at year-end 2017, which was down 1% (12,600) from year-end 2016. A total of 29 states showed decreases in year-end prison populations from 2016 to 2017 (table 2). Te states with the largest declines in prisoners were Illinois (down 2,200), Louisiana (down 1,900), and Oklahoma (down 1,800). Of the 20 states that showed increases in prison populations from 2016, the states with the largest increases were California (up 960), Tennessee (up 780), and North Carolina (up 697). Maine had the same number of prisoners (2,404) at year-end 2016 as at year-end 2017.

Females made up 7% of the total prison population at year-end 2017. Te female population decreased by almost 470 prisoners from year-end 2016 (down 0.4%), while the male population decreased by almost 18,300 (down 1.3%). Twenty-fve states and the BOP showed decreases in their female prison populations at year-end 2017, with the largest decreases occurring in Texas (down almost 380 female prisoners) and Illinois (down 330). Te number of female prisoners increased from 2016 to 2017 in 25 states, with the largest increases occurring in Tennessee (up 290) and Indiana (up 210).

TABLE 1 Prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by jurisdiction and sex, 2007–2017 Year Total Federala State Male Female 2007 1,596,835 199,618 1,397,217 1,482,524 114,311 2008 1,608,282 201,280 1,407,002 1,493,670 114,612 2009 1,615,487 208,118 1,407,369 1,502,002 113,485 2010 1,613,803 209,771 1,404,032 1,500,936 112,867 2011 1,598,968 216,362 1,382,606 1,487,561 111,407 2012 1,570,397 217,815 1,352,582 1,461,625 108,772 2013 1,576,950 215,866 1,361,084 1,465,592 111,358 2014 1,562,319 210,567 1,351,752 1,449,291 113,028 2015 1,526,603 196,455 1,330,148 1,415,112 111,491 2016b 1,508,129 189,192 1,318,937 1,396,296 111,833 2017c 1,489,363 183,058 1,306,305 1,378,003 111,360 Percent change

2007–2017 -6.7% -8.3% -6.5% -7.1% -2.6% 2016–2017 -1.2 -3.2 -1.0 -1.3 -0.4

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year. aIncludes prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. bCounts from 2016 have been revised based on updated numbers and may difer from numbers in past reports. Total and state estimates include imputed counts for North Dakota, which did not submit 2016 National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data. See Methodology. cTotal and state estimates for 2017 include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 NPS data. See Methodology. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2007–2017.

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TABLE 2 Prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by jurisdiction and sex, 2016 and 2017

2016 2017 Percent change, 2016–2017 Jurisdiction Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

U.S. total 1,508,129 1,396,296 111,833 1,489,363 1,378,003 111,360 -1.2% -1.3% -0.4% Federala

Stateb 189,192

1,318,937 176,495

1,219,801 12,697 99,136

183,058 1,306,305

170,525 1,207,478

12,533 98,827

-3.2% -1.0%

-3.4% -1.0%

-1.3% -0.3%

Alabamac

Alaskad 28,883

4,434 26,506

4,024 2,377

410 27,608

4,399 25,135

4,011 2,473

388 :

-0.8 :

-0.3 :

-5.4 Arizona 42,320 38,323 3,997 42,030 37,971 4,059 -0.7 -0.9 1.6 Arkansas 17,537 16,161 1,376 18,070 16,651 1,419 3.0 3.0 3.1 Californiae 130,084 124,198 5,886 131,039 125,180 5,859 0.7 0.8 -0.5 Colorado Connecticutd

Delawared

19,981 14,957

6,585

18,078 13,892

6,047

1,903 1,065

538

19,946 14,040

6,443

18,044 13,069

5,931

1,902 971 512

-0.2 -6.1 -2.2

-0.2 -5.9 -1.9

-0.1 -8.8 -4.8

Florida 99,974 93,111 6,863 98,504 91,779 6,725 -1.5 -1.4 -2.0 Georgia Hawaiid

53,627 5,602

49,839 4,934

3,788 668

53,667 5,630

49,839 5,006

3,828 624

0.1 0.5

0.0 1.5

1.1 -6.6

Idaho 8,252 7,239 1,013 8,579 7,534 1,045 4.0 4.1 3.2 Illinois 43,657 41,044 2,613 41,471 39,190 2,281 -5.0 -4.5 -12.7 Indiana 25,546 23,341 2,205 26,024 23,608 2,416 1.9 1.1 9.6 Iowa 9,031 8,210 821 9,024 8,218 806 -0.1 0.1 -1.8 Kansas 9,920 9,051 869 9,971 9,069 902 0.5 0.2 3.8 Kentucky 23,022 20,080 2,942 23,543 20,522 3,021 2.3 2.2 2.7 Louisiana 35,682 33,701 1,981 33,739 31,782 1,957 -5.4 -5.7 -1.2 Maine 2,404 2,169 235 2,404 2,177 227 0.0 0.4 -3.4 Maryland 19,994 19,172 822 19,367 18,519 848 -3.1 -3.4 3.2 Massachusetts 9,403 8,820 583 9,133 8,602 531 -2.9 -2.5 -8.9 Michigan 41,122 38,880 2,242 39,666 37,515 2,151 -3.5 -3.5 -4.1 Minnesota 10,592 9,818 774 10,708 9,974 734 1.1 1.6 -5.2 Mississippi 19,192 17,823 1,369 19,103 17,688 1,415 -0.5 -0.8 3.4 Missouri 32,461 29,124 3,337 32,601 29,205 3,396 0.4 0.3 1.8 Montana 3,814 3,405 409 3,698 3,282 416 -3.0 -3.6 1.7 Nebraska 5,302 4,878 424 5,313 4,884 429 0.2 0.1 1.2 Nevada 13,757 12,490 1,267 13,671 12,405 1,266 -0.6 -0.7 -0.1 New Hampshire 2,818 2,591 227 2,750 2,524 226 -2.4 -2.6 -0.4 New Jersey New Mexicof

19,786 7,055

18,952 6,344

834 711

19,585 7,276

18,811 6,492

774 784

-1.0 :

-0.7 :

-7.2 :

New York 50,716 48,442 2,274 49,461 47,184 2,277 -2.5 -2.6 0.1 North Carolina North Dakotaf,g

35,697 1,791

32,985 1,578

2,712 213

36,394 1,723

33,553 1,524

2,841 199

2.0 :

1.7 :

4.8 :

Ohio Oklahomae,h

52,175 29,916

47,581 26,452

4,594 3,464

51,478 28,143

47,052 24,952

4,426 3,191

-1.3 -5.9

-1.1 -5.7

-3.7 -7.9

Oregone 15,166 13,862 1,304 15,218 13,891 1,327 0.3 0.2 1.8 Pennsylvania Rhode Islandd

49,244 3,103

46,381 2,927

2,863 176

48,333 2,861

45,482 2,690

2,851 171

-1.8 -7.8

-1.9 -8.1

-0.4 -2.8

South Carolina 20,858 19,384 1,474 19,906 18,514 1,392 -4.6 -4.5 -5.6 South Dakota 3,831 3,333 498 3,970 3,430 540 3.6 2.9 8.4 Tennessee 28,203 25,481 2,722 28,980 25,969 3,011 2.8 1.9 10.6 Texas 163,703 149,368 14,335 162,523 148,565 13,958 -0.7 -0.5 -2.6 Utahe

Vermontd 6,175

1,735 5,769

1,600 406

135 6,443

1,546 5,951

1,406 492

140 4.3

-10.9 3.2

-12.1 21.2

3.7 Virginia 37,813 34,704 3,109 37,158 34,004 3,154 -1.7 -2.0 1.4

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TABLE 2 (continued) Prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by jurisdiction and sex, 2016 and 2017

2016 2017 Percent change, 2016–2017 Jurisdiction Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

Washington 19,104 17,446 1,658 19,656 17,914 1,742 2.9 2.7 5.1 West Virginia 7,162 6,286 876 7,092 6,274 818 -1.0 -0.2 -6.6 Wisconsin 23,377 21,889 1,488 23,945 22,325 1,620 2.4 2.0 8.9 Wyoming 2,374 2,088 286 2,473 2,181 292 4.2 4.5 2.1

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year. :Not calculated. aIncludes prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. bTotal and state estimates include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data. See Methodology. cData from 2017 include ofenders with Class D felonies and parole revocations and should not be compared to 2016 data. dPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. eState submitted updated 2016 population counts. fState did not submit 2017 NPS data. Counts were imputed for 2017 and should not be compared to 2016 counts. See Methodology. gState did not submit 2016 NPS data. Counts were imputed for 2016 and should not be compared to 2017 counts. See Methodology. hIncludes persons who were waiting in county jails to be moved to state prison. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2016 and 2017.

Counting prisoners In this report, counts of prisoners may vary depending on � Non-U.S. citizens data are provided by jurisdictions the type of population. and include the number of non-U.S. citizens in both

state-operated and privately operated facilities. Unless � Most totals and trends are based on jurisdiction counts,

otherwise noted, counts exclude non-U.S. citizens which include all prisoners under the authority of state held in the custody of local jails or facilities of other or federal correctional ofcials, regardless of where the jurisdictions. Prior to the collection of 2017 National prisoner is held. Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data, the counts of non-U.S.

� Imprisonment rates are based on sentenced citizens excluded state prisoners held in private prisons, prisoners, which include persons who have received a local jails, and facilities of other jurisdictions. As such, court-ordered term of imprisonment of more than one NPS data from 2017 should not be compared to year. (In all, 97% of prisoners are sentenced prisoners.) previously published statistics on non-U.S. citizens.

� Admissions and releases are based on prisoners sentenced to more than one year, except where noted.

� Prisoners age 17 or younger are based on physical custody populations and exclude those held in private prisons, local jails, or facilities of other jurisdictions.

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Sentenced prison population

Prisoners sentenced to more than one year made up 97% of the total prison population at year-end 2017. (See Terms and defnitions.) Te remaining proportion had not been sentenced for an ofense or had received a sentence of one year or less.

Number of prisoners sentenced to more than one year declined for the fourth consecutive year

From December 31, 2016, to December 31, 2017, the number of state and federal prisoners who had been sentenced to more than one year declined by 20,100 (down more than 1%) (table 3). Tis was the fourth consecutive year that the population of prisoners with a sentence of more than one year in prison declined. Te number of prisoners awaiting sentence or sentenced to one year or less at year-end 2017 was 49,600, an increase from 48,200 in 2016.

On December 31, 2017, state prisons held 1,273,600 prisoners sentenced to more than one year, which was 14,900 fewer sentenced prisoners than at year-end

2016 (down more than 1%). At year-end 2017, federal prisons had 166,200 prisoners sentenced to more than one year, or 5,300 fewer than at year-end 2016 (down 3%). Te decrease in prisoners under federal jurisdiction accounted for 26% of the total decline in sentenced prisoners from 2016 to 2017.

From year-end 2016 to year-end 2017, the number of prisoners sentenced to more than one year declined in 29 states and in the federal prison system (table 4). Tree jurisdictions decreased their counts of sentenced prisoners by at least 2,000 in 2017: the federal system (down 5,280 prisoners), Alabama (down 4,080), and Illinois (down 2,230). Five other jurisdictions decreased their counts of sentenced prisoners by more than 1,000 in 2017: Louisiana (down 1,940 prisoners), Oklahoma (down 1,800), Florida (down 1,470), Michigan (down 1,460), and New York (down 1,260). California (up 840 prisoners), Tennessee (up 780), and North Carolina (up 690) had the largest increases in sentenced prisoners between year-end 2016 and year-end 2017.

TABLE 3 Sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by jurisdiction, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 2007–2017 Year Total Federala State Male Female Whiteb,c Blackb,c Hispanicc

2007 1,532,851 179,204 1,353,647 1,427,088 105,763 499,800 592,900 330,400 2008 1,547,742 182,333 1,365,409 1,441,384 106,358 499,900 592,800 329,800 2009 1,553,574 187,886 1,365,688 1,448,239 105,335 490,000 584,800 341,200 2010 1,552,669 190,641 1,362,028 1,447,766 104,903 484,400 572,700 345,800 2011 1,538,847 197,050 1,341,797 1,435,141 103,706 474,300 557,100 347,800 2012 1,512,430 196,574 1,315,856 1,411,076 101,354 466,600 537,800 340,300 2013 1,520,403 195,098 1,325,305 1,416,102 104,301 463,900 529,900 341,200 2014 1,507,781 191,374 1,316,407 1,401,685 106,096 461,500 518,700 338,900 2015 2016d

1,476,847 1,459,948

178,688 171,482

1,298,159 1,288,466

1,371,879 1,354,109

104,968 105,839

450,200 440,200

499,400 487,300

333,200 339,600

2017e 1,439,808 166,203 1,273,605 1,334,775 105,033 436,500 475,900 336,500 Percent change

2007–2017 -6.1% -7.3% -5.9% -6.5% -0.7% -12.7% -19.7% 1.9% 2016–2017 -1.4 -3.1 -1.2 -1.4 -0.8 -0.8 -2.3 -0.9

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. Data for 2016 have been updated with population-count changes for several states. aIncludes prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. bExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. cEstimates are rounded to the nearest 100. dEstimates include imputed counts for North Dakota, which did not submit 2016 National Prisoner Statistics data. See Methodology. eEstimates include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 National Prisoner Statistics data. See Methodology. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2007–2017; Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017 (preliminary); National Corrections Reporting Program, 2016; and Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016.

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TABLE 4 Sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by sex, 2016 and 2017

2016 2017 Percent change, 2016–2017 Jurisdiction Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

U.S. total 1,459,948 1,354,109 105,839 1,439,808 1,334,775 105,033 -1.4% -1.4% -0.8% Federala

Stateb 171,482

1,288,466 160,090

1,194,019 11,392 94,447

166,203 1,273,605

154,931 1,179,844

11,272 93,761

-3.1% -1.2%

-3.2% -1.2%

-1.1% -0.7%

Alabama 27,799 25,593 2,206 23,724 21,968 1,756 -14.7 -14.2 -20.4 Alaskac 2,089 1,982 107 1,905 1,828 77 -8.8 -7.8 -28.0 Arizona 40,849 37,131 3,718 40,263 36,543 3,720 -1.4 -1.6 0.1 Arkansas Californiad

17,476 129,080

16,111 123,261

1,365 5,819

18,028 129,920

16,617 124,127

1,411 5,793

3.2 0.7

3.1 0.7

3.4 -0.4

Colorado 19,862 17,963 1,899 19,824 17,925 1,899 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 Connecticutc 10,365 9,804 561 9,626 9,142 484 -7.1 -6.8 -13.7 Delawarec 4,090 3,889 201 4,066 3,882 184 -0.6 -0.2 -8.5 Florida 99,974 93,111 6,863 98,504 91,779 6,725 -1.5 -1.4 -2.0 Georgia 53,064 49,324 3,740 53,094 49,315 3,779 0.1 0.0 1.0 Hawaiic 3,629 3,271 358 3,425 3,154 271 -5.6 -3.6 -24.3 Idaho 7,376 6,416 960 7,752 6,761 991 5.1 5.4 3.2 Illinois 43,657 41,044 2,613 41,427 39,148 2,279 -5.1 -4.6 -12.8 Indiana 25,530 23,325 2,205 26,001 23,587 2,414 1.8 1.1 9.5 Iowa 8,998 8,181 817 8,999 8,197 802 0.0 0.2 -1.8 Kansas 9,628 8,831 797 9,687 8,846 841 0.6 0.2 5.5 Kentucky 23,018 20,077 2,941 23,539 20,518 3,021 2.3 2.2 2.7 Louisiana 35,646 33,665 1,981 33,706 31,749 1,957 -5.4 -5.7 -1.2 Maine 1,828 1,675 153 1,795 1,643 152 -1.8 -1.9 -0.7 Maryland 19,821 19,010 811 19,232 18,399 833 -3.0 -3.2 2.7 Massachusetts 8,494 8,140 354 8,286 7,976 310 -2.4 -2.0 -12.4 Michigan 41,122 38,880 2,242 39,666 37,515 2,151 -3.5 -3.5 -4.1 Minnesota 10,592 9,818 774 10,708 9,974 734 1.1 1.6 -5.2 Mississippi 18,666 17,397 1,269 18,471 17,184 1,287 -1.0 -1.2 1.4 Missouri 32,461 29,124 3,337 32,592 29,197 3,395 0.4 0.3 1.7 Montana 3,814 3,405 409 3,698 3,282 416 -3.0 -3.6 1.7 Nebraska 5,235 4,825 410 5,257 4,837 420 0.4 0.2 2.4 Nevada 13,637 12,403 1,234 13,671 12,405 1,266 0.2 0.0 2.6 New Hampshire 2,818 2,591 227 2,750 2,524 226 -2.4 -2.6 -0.4 New Jersey 19,786 18,952 834 19,585 18,811 774 -1.0 -0.7 -7.2 New Mexicoe 6,972 6,276 696 7,189 6,422 767 : : : New York 50,620 48,356 2,264 49,360 47,103 2,257 -2.5 -2.6 -0.3 North Carolina North Dakotae,f

34,596 1,779

32,085 1,568

2,511 211

35,283 1,711

32,649 1,514

2,634 197

2.0 :

1.8 :

4.9 :

Ohio Oklahomad

Oregond

52,175 29,531 15,150

47,581 26,145 13,846

4,594 3,386 1,304

51,478 27,729 15,200

47,052 24,615 13,877

4,426 3,114 1,323

-1.3 -6.1 0.3

-1.1 -5.9 0.2

-3.7 -8.0 1.5

Pennsylvania 49,000 46,188 2,812 48,074 45,281 2,793 -1.9 -2.0 -0.7 Rhode Islandc 2,030 1,962 68 1,808 1,739 69 -10.9 -11.4 1.5 South Carolina 20,371 18,981 1,390 19,541 18,233 1,308 -4.1 -3.9 -5.9 South Dakota 3,820 3,323 497 3,959 3,424 535 3.6 3.0 7.6 Tennessee 28,203 25,481 2,722 28,980 25,969 3,011 2.8 1.9 10.6 Texas Utahd

157,903 6,171

144,928 5,765

12,975 406

157,584 6,437

144,750 5,945

12,834 492

-0.2 4.3

-0.1 3.1

-1.1 21.2

Vermontc 1,229 1,146 83 1,126 1,021 105 -8.4 -10.9 26.5

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TABLE 4 (continued) Sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by sex, 2016 and 2017

2016 2017 Percent change, 2016–2017 Jurisdiction Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female

Virginia 37,813 34,704 3,109 37,158 34,004 3,154 -1.7 -2.0 1.4 Washington 19,019 17,377 1,642 19,540 17,811 1,729 2.7 2.5 5.3 West Virginia 7,162 6,286 876 7,092 6,274 818 -1.0 -0.2 -6.6 Wisconsin 22,144 20,734 1,410 22,682 21,147 1,535 2.4 2.0 8.9 Wyoming 2,374 2,088 286 2,473 2,181 292 4.2 4.5 2.1

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. :Not calculated. aIncludes prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. bTotal and state estimates for 2016 include imputed counts for North Dakota, which did not submit 2016 National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data. Total and state estimates for 2017 include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 NPS data. See Methodology. cPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. dState submitted updated 2016 sentenced population counts. eState did not submit 2017 NPS data. Counts were imputed for 2017 and should not be compared to 2016 counts. See Methodology. fState did not submit 2016 NPS data. Counts were imputed for 2016 and should not be compared to 2017 counts. See Methodology. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2016 and 2017.

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Te number of female prisoners sentenced to more than one year decreased by 810 prisoners in 2017 (down 0.8%), while the number of male prisoners decreased by 19,330 inmates (down 1.4%). Te number of male prisoners sentenced to more than one year decreased in 29 states, while the number of females sentenced to more than one year decreased in 25 states. Large percentage changes in the number of sentenced female prisoners from year-end 2016 to year-end 2017 occurred in states with small female prison populations, including Alaska (down 28%), Hawaii (down 24%), Vermont (up 27%), and Utah (up 21%).

Number of prisoners of all races and Hispanic origin sentenced to more than one year declined at year-end 2017

Te number of black prisoners sentenced to more than one year decreased by almost 2% (down 11,400) from year-end 2016 to year-end 2017 (see table 3). During that period, the number of white sentenced prisoners declined by almost 1% (down 3,700) and the number of Hispanic sentenced prisoners decreased nearly 1% (down 3,100). Across a decade (2007 to 2017), the

number of black sentenced prisoners decreased by 20%, the number of white sentenced prisoners decreased by 13%, and the number of Hispanic sentenced prisoners increased by 2%.

Imprisonment rates

440 persons per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages were imprisoned at year-end 2017

Tere were 440 prisoners sentenced to more than one year in state or federal prison per 100,000 U.S. residents on December 31, 2017, the lowest rate since 1997 (444 per 100,000) (table 5; see fgure 1). Among U.S. residents age 18 or older, 568 in 100,000 were imprisoned on a sentence of more than one year at year-end 2017. At that time, 1.1% of adult males living in the United States (1,082 in 100,000) were serving a sentence of more than one year, representing a 2% decrease from year-end 2016 (1,108 in 100,000). Te imprisonment rate for females also declined during that period, from 64 to 63 per 100,000 female U.S. residents of all ages and from 82 to 81 per 100,000 female U.S. residents age 18 or older.

TABLE 5 Imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by jurisdiction and demographic characteristics, 2007–2017

Per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages Per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or older Year Total Federala State Male Female Total Male Female Whiteb Blackb Hispanic 2007 506 59 447 955 69 670 1,282 90 317 2,233 1,094 2008 506 60 447 956 69 669 1,279 90 316 2,196 1,057 2009 504 61 443 952 67 665 1,271 88 308 2,134 1,060 2010 500 61 439 948 66 656 1,260 86 307 2,059 1,014 2011 492 63 429 932 65 644 1,236 84 299 1,973 990 2012 480 62 417 910 63 626 1,201 82 293 1,873 949 2013 479 61 417 906 65 623 1,193 83 291 1,817 923 2014 471 60 411 890 65 612 1,169 84 289 1,754 893 2015 458 55 403 865 64 594 1,133 82 281 1,670 862 2016c 450 53 397 847 64 582 1,108 82 274 1,606 852 2017d 440 51 390 829 63 568 1,082 81 272 1,549 823 Percent change

2007–2017 -12.9% -14.0% -12.8% -13.2% -8.0% -15.2% -15.6% -10.3% -14.4% -30.7% -24.8% 2016–2017 -2.1 -3.8 -1.9 -2.1 -1.4 -2.3 -2.4 -1.6 -1.0 -3.6 -3.4

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. aIncludes prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. bExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. cTotal and state estimates for 2016 include imputed counts for North Dakota, which did not submit 2016 National Prisoner Statistics data. See Methodology. dTotal and state estimates include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 National Prisoner Statistics data. See Methodology. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2007–2017; Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017 (preliminary); National Corrections Reporting Program, 2016; Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2004; Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016; and U.S. Census Bureau, post-censal resident population estimates for January 1 of the following calendar year.

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Broken down by state and federal rates, the imprisonment rate for sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents was 390 under state jurisdiction and 51 under federal jurisdiction. At year-end 2017, a total of 22 states had imprisonment rates that were higher than the nationwide average for all states. Louisiana had the highest rate (719 per 100,000 state residents), followed by Oklahoma (704 per 100,000) and Mississippi (619 per 100,000) (table 6).

Te imprisonment rate for females was highest in Oklahoma (157 per 100,000 female state residents), followed by Kentucky (133 per 100,000), South Dakota (124 per 100,000), and Idaho (114 per 100,000). More than 1% of all male residents in six states were in prison on December 31, 2017: Louisiana (1,387 per 100,000 male state residents), Oklahoma (1,262 per 100,000), Mississippi (1,189 per 100,000), Arkansas (1,122 per 100,000), Arizona (1,039 per 100,000), and Texas (1,022 per 100,000).

Imprisonment rates decreased more for black adults than for white or Hispanic adults

Te rate of imprisonment of black adults declined 4%, from 1,606 per 100,000 black adult U.S. residents at year-end 2016 to 1,549 per 100,000 at year-end 2017 (fgure 2). Over 10 years, the rate of imprisonment of black adults declined 31%, from 2,233 per 100,000 at year-end 2007. Te rate for white adults decreased almost 1%, from 274 per 100,000 white adult U.S. residents in 2016 to 272 per 100,000 in 2017. Te decline over the past decade was 14%, from 317 per 100,000 in 2007. Te imprisonment rate for Hispanic adults decreased 3%, from 852 per 100,000 in 2016 to 823 per 100,000 in 2017. Te decline over the past decade was 25%, from 1,094 per 100,000 in 2007.

FIGURE 2 Imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or older, by race and Hispanic origin, 2007–2017 Rate per 100,000 residents age 18 or older 2,500

Black 2,000

1,500

1,000 Hispanic

500 White

0 2007 2010 2015 2017

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. Imprisonment rate is per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or older. See table 5 for imprisonment rates. See Methodology for the calculation of race or Hispanic origin imprisonment rates. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2007–2017; Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017; National Corrections Reporting Programs, 2016; Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities, 2004; Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016; and U.S. Census Bureau, post-censal resident population estimates for January 1 of the following calendar year.

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TABLE 6 Imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities per 100,000 U.S. residents, by jurisdiction and sex, 2016 and 2017

2016 2017 Jurisdiction Total Male Female Total adulta Total Male Female Total adulta

U.S. totalb 450 847 64 582 440 829 63 568 Federalc 53 100 7 68 51 96 7 66 Stateb 397 747 57 513 390 733 57 503

Alabama Alaskad

571 282

1,085 511

88 30

737 376

486 258

930 473

70 22

626 343

Arizona 587 1,072 106 766 569 1,039 105 740 Arkansas 583 1,094 90 763 598 1,122 92 781 Californiae 327 629 29 425 328 630 29 424 Colorado 357 641 69 461 351 630 68 452 Connecticutd 289 560 31 365 268 522 26 338 Delawared 427 839 41 543 420 830 37 533 Florida 480 914 64 601 466 887 62 582 Georgia 511 977 70 675 506 966 70 666 Hawaiid 254 456 50 323 240 441 38 305 Idaho 434 754 113 586 447 777 114 601 Illinois 340 651 40 441 324 623 35 418 Indiana 384 711 65 503 389 716 71 509 Iowa 287 524 52 374 285 522 51 372 Kansas 331 609 55 438 332 608 57 439 Kentucky 518 917 130 670 527 933 133 682 Louisiana 761 1,469 83 997 719 1,387 82 942 Maine 137 256 22 169 134 250 22 165 Maryland 328 649 26 422 317 625 27 407 Massachusetts 156 307 13 195 120 239 9 150 Michigan 413 794 44 529 397 763 42 508 Minnesota 191 355 28 249 191 357 26 249 Mississippi 625 1,202 82 823 619 1,189 84 812 Missouri 532 972 107 688 532 970 109 687 Montana 365 647 79 467 350 617 79 447 Nebraska 273 505 43 364 273 503 44 362 Nevada 459 832 83 596 451 817 84 584 New Hampshire 210 391 34 261 204 378 33 253 New Jersey New Mexicof

220 334

432 607

18 66

282 437

217 344

427 620

17 73

278 448

New York 255 502 22 323 249 488 22 314 North Carolina 339 645 48 437 341 649 50 439 North Dakotaf,g 235 404 57 307 226 391 53 295 Ohio 448 834 77 578 441 822 74 567 Oklahomae 752 1,344 171 996 704 1,262 157 931 Oregone 368 679 63 467 364 671 63 461 Pennsylvania Rhode Islandd

383 192

737 381

43 12

484 239

375 170

721 337

43 13

473 212

South Carolina 408 783 54 523 386 743 50 494 South Dakota 441 761 116 586 453 776 124 601 Tennessee 422 782 79 545 429 789 87 553 Texas 562 1,038 92 760 553 1,022 89 746 Utahe 201 373 27 287 206 377 32 292 Vermontd 197 372 26 243 180 331 33 222

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TABLE 6 (continued) Imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities per 100,000 U.S. residents, by jurisdiction and sex, 2016 and 2017

2016 2017 Jurisdiction Total Male Female Total adulta Total Male Female Total adulta

Virginia 448 835 72 575 437 813 73 560 Washington 259 473 45 333 262 477 46 336 West Virginia 393 697 95 494 392 700 89 492 Wisconsin 383 721 48 492 391 732 53 501 Wyoming 408 703 100 534 429 742 103 560

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are for December 31 of each year and are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. aImprisonment rate per 100,000 U.S. residents age 18 or older. bTotal and state estimates for 2016 include imputed counts for North Dakota, which did not submit 2016 National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data. Total and state estimates for 2017 include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 NPS data. See Methodology. cIncludes prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. dPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. eState submitted updated 2016 population counts. fState did not submit 2017 NPS data. Counts were imputed for the calculation of 2017 rates and should not be compared to 2016 rates. gState did not submit 2016 NPS data. Counts were imputed for the calculation of 2016 rates and should not be compared to 2017 rates. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2016 and 2017; and U.S. Census Bureau, post-censal resident population estimates for January 1 of the following calendar year.

Prison admissions and releases

The number of admissions to state and federal prisons was largely unchanged from 2016 to 2017

Federal and state correctional authorities admitted a total of 606,600 prisoners sentenced to more than one year in 2017, including 418,600 new court commitments (table 7). (See Terms and defnitions.) Te 606,600 admissions in 2017 were similar to the number of prison admissions in 2016 (606,000). Te BOP admitted almost the same number of prisoners in 2017 as in 2016 (44,700). However, large decreases were observed in admissions to state prisons from 2016 to 2017 in Tennessee (down 1,400 admissions), Illinois (down 1,200), Ohio (down 1,200), and Pennsylvania (down 1,000) while large increases occurred in North Carolina (up 2,200), Oklahoma (up 1,500), Alabama (up 1,400), and California (up 1,300).

Sixty-seven percent of state prisoners and 90% of federal prisoners admitted in 2017 entered prison on new court commitments. Tirty percent of state and 10% of federal prisoners were admitted for post-custody supervision violations. States that admitted more than half of their prisoners for violations of conditions of probation or parole in 2017 were Washington (71%), Idaho (71%), Vermont (65%), Utah (55%), Maine (53%), New Hampshire (50%), and Pennsylvania (50%).

Correctional authorities released 3,600 fewer prisoners from state and federal prisons in 2017 than in 2016

Te total number of prisoners released by state and federal correctional authorities decreased 1% (down 3,600 releases), from 626,000 in 2016 to 622,400 in 2017. Te BOP accounted for almost three-quarters (71%) of the total change in that time, releasing 2,600 fewer prisoners in 2017. Indiana (down 2,900 releases), Arkansas (down 1,900), Illinois (down 1,800), and Delaware (down 1,300) had the largest declines in the number of released prisoners from 2016 to 2017. Kentucky (up 2,000 releases), California (up 1,700), Louisiana (up 1,600), and South Dakota (up 1,000) had the largest increases in the number of persons released from their state prison facilities in 2017.

Four states that reported the type of prison release to BJS in 2017 discharged more than half of their prisoners unconditionally. Post-custody community supervision was not required for the majority of released prisoners in Massachusetts (76% of releases were unconditional), Rhode Island (70%), Florida (61%), and New Jersey (57%).

Most releases from the federal prison system were reported as unconditional. Te federal parole system was eliminated under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, but federal courts were allowed to impose a term of supervised release afer imprisonment as part of a sentence. Because this supervised release term was not implemented under the jurisdiction of the federal prison system, the BOP reports prison releases as unconditional even though released prisoners may serve post-custody community supervision.

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TABLE 7 Admissions and releases of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, 2016 and 2017

Admissionsa Releasesb

Percent 2017 conditional Percent

Jurisdiction 2016 total

2017 total

change, 2017 new court supervision 2016–2017 commitments violationsc

2016 total

2017 total

change, 2017 2017 2016–2017 unconditionald,e conditionale,f

U.S. totalg 606,000 606,571 0.1% 418,579 174,210 626,019 622,377 -0.6% 160,596 446,785 Federale 44,682 44,708 0.1% 40,180 4,527 52,035 49,461 -4.9% 48,457 318 Stateg 561,318 561,863 0.1% 378,399 169,683 573,984 572,916 -0.2% 112,139 446,467

Alabama Alaskah

10,749 1,804

12,170 1,580

13.2 -12.4

8,045 1,446

1,624 134

12,711 2,159

13,624 1,941

7.2 -10.1

3,130 460

8,808 1,476

Arizona 13,663 13,423 -1.8 10,787 2,557 13,857 14,075 1.6 2,332 11,610 Arkansas Californiai

9,911 35,730

8,971 37,077

-9.5 3.8

4,623 32,396

4,348 4,644

10,370 34,528

8,443 36,203

-18.6 4.9

752 98

7,610 35,576

Colorado Connecticuth

Delawareh,j

8,707 4,747 3,096

9,638 4,401 2,897

10.7 -7.3 -6.4

6,038 3,658 2,237

3,600 606 646

8,934 5,618 4,041

9,669 5,169 2,736

8.2 -8.0

-32.3

1,116 2,451

310

8,419 2,707 2,272

Floridak 29,038 28,189 -2.9 27,423 85 31,166 30,467 -2.2 18,703 11,313 Georgia Hawaiih

17,585 1,538

16,699 1,528

-5.0 -0.7

14,567 876

2,124 652

15,053 1,666

15,210 1,834

1.0 10.1

6,713 345

8,320 781

Idaho 5,766 5,747 -0.3 1,671 4,076 5,479 5,395 -1.5 400 4,926 Illinois 25,661 24,468 -4.6 16,401 8,062 28,615 26,850 -6.2 3,982 22,763 Indiana 12,600 12,249 -2.8 9,240 2,888 14,561 11,708 -19.6 910 10,730 Iowa 5,541 5,619 1.4 3,790 1,773 5,305 5,632 6.2 1,182 4,378 Kansas 6,442 6,453 0.2 3,865 1,276 6,394 6,406 0.2 1,690 4,685 Kentucky 20,111 21,239 5.6 12,366 8,605 18,552 20,555 10.8 4,572 15,371 Louisiana 15,877 16,337 2.9 10,662 5,674 16,308 17,868 9.6 1,142 16,584 Maine 657 960 46.1 455 505 647 684 5.7 320 354 Marylandl 8,843 8,243 : 5,823 2,415 9,459 8,850 : 2,871 5,919 Massachusetts 2,059 2,141 4.0 1,909 223 2,458 2,309 -6.1 1,745 533 Michigan 12,573 12,013 -4.5 6,670 2,720 14,081 13,470 -4.3 557 10,486 Minnesota 8,027 8,195 2.1 4,804 3,391 8,254 8,092 -2.0 956 7,125 Mississippi 7,510 7,553 0.6 5,488 2,049 7,080 7,748 9.4 444 6,963 Missouri 18,426 18,551 0.7 9,816 8,729 18,410 18,431 0.1 1,528 16,779 Montana 2,666 2,644 -0.8 1,961 683 2,546 2,770 8.8 261 2,492 Nebraska 2,310 2,436 5.5 1,979 445 2,366 2,387 0.9 654 1,710 Nevadam 6,059 5,862 -3.3 4,990 794 5,778 6,548 13.3 2,401 4,100 New Hampshire 1,538 1,338 -13.0 668 670 1,601 1,409 -12.0 82 1,320 New Jersey 8,837 8,611 -2.6 6,189 2,422 9,685 8,959 -7.5 5,072 3,683 New Mexicon 3,615 3,848 : 2,461 1,387 3,631 3,631 : 989 2,626 New York 21,081 20,421 -3.1 12,594 7,727 22,047 21,667 -1.7 2,330 19,042 North Carolina 16,009 18,242 13.9 13,873 4,366 16,677 17,244 3.4 2,685 14,463 North Dakotao 1,590 1,570 : 904 665 1,583 1,627 : 216 1,407 Ohiop 22,792 21,602 -5.2 16,554 4,401 22,850 22,299 -2.4 8,889 13,246 Oklahoma 8,778 10,228 16.5 7,658 2,570 10,404 9,682 -6.9 2,973 6,623 Oregonq 5,020 5,566 : 3,707 1,717 4,712 5,428 : 35 5,185 Pennsylvania Rhode Islandh

20,326 767

19,297 572

-5.1 -25.4

9,116 482

9,128 90

20,418 939

19,673 875

-3.6 -6.8

3,151 610

16,321 257

South Carolina 6,688 6,017 -10.0 4,922 1,087 6,709 6,847 2.1 2,239 4,494 South Dakota 2,891 3,896 34.8 1,507 499 2,832 3,859 36.3 311 2,467 Tennessee 12,898 11,541 -10.5 6,877 4,664 13,508 13,307 -1.5 5,080 8,136 Texas 77,385 76,877 -0.7 47,697 27,474 76,733 77,196 0.6 9,977 64,519 Utah 3,293 4,047 22.9 1,814 2,233 3,611 3,781 4.7 674 3,085

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TABLE 7 (continued) Admissions and releases of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, 2016 and 2017

Admissionsa Releasesb

Percent 2017 conditional Percent 2016 2017 change, 2017 new court supervision 2016 2017 change, 2017 2017

Jurisdiction total total 2016–2017 commitments violationsc total total 2016–2017 unconditionald,e conditionale,f Vermonth,o 1,715 1,737 1.3 607 1,130 1,733 1,795 3.6 284 1,504 Virginiar 12,163 12,163 0.0 12,030 133 12,648 12,698 0.4 1,054 11,537 Washingtonp 25,055 25,483 1.7 7,385 18,089 24,940 25,658 2.9 2,217 23,393 West Virginia 3,584 3,590 0.2 1,991 1,372 3,543 3,652 3.1 849 2,275 Wisconsin 6,600 6,865 4.0 4,557 2,282 5,743 5,592 -2.6 212 5,324 Wyoming 997 1,069 7.2 820 249 1,041 963 -7.5 185 770

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts cover January 1 through December 31 for each year and are based on prisoners admitted to or released from state or federal correctional authorities with a sentence of more than one year. :Not calculated. /Not reported. aExcludes transfers, escapes, and those absent without leave. Includes other conditional-release violators, returns from appeal or bond, and other admissions. See Methodology. bExcludes transfers, escapes, and those absent without leave. Includes deaths, releases to appeal or bond, and other releases. See Methodology. cIncludes all conditional-release violators returned to prison from post-custody community supervision, including parole and probation, either for violations of conditions of release or for new crimes. dIncludes expirations of sentence, commutations, and other unconditional releases. eIncludes prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. The Federal Bureau of Prisons reports prison releases as unconditional even though prisoners may serve post-custody community supervision. The 318 conditional releases are persons who were sentenced before the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act that eliminated federal parole. fIncludes releases to probation, supervised mandatory releases, and other unspecifed conditional releases. gU.S. total and state estimates for 2016 include imputed counts for North Dakota and Oregon, which did not submit 2016 National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data on admissions or releases. U.S. total and state estimates for 2017 include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 NPS data on admissions and releases. See Methodology. hPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. iCalifornia reported that 16,887 prisoners were released as transfers in 2016. These prisoners were released from state jurisdiction to post-custody supervision by county authorities. BJS counted these as conditional releases. jReleases include ofenders who received a combined sentence of prison and probation of more than one year. kFlorida does not report prison admissions for technical violations. All admissions represent new sentences, with the 85 supervision-violation admissions representing persons who committed new crimes while on post-custody community supervision. lDue to implementation concerns with a new information system, Maryland’s counts of admissions and releases for 2017 are estimates and should not be compared to earlier years. mAdmissions include local jail inmates admitted to the Nevada Department of Corrections due to medical, behavioral, protective, or local stafng issues and persons ordered by judges to serve 6 months or less in prison prior to actual sentencing for felonies. nState did not submit 2017 NPS data on admissions or releases. Total and detailed types of admissions and releases were imputed from counts reported in 2016 and included in U.S. and state totals. All admissions and releases were included in the reported 2016 data, regardless of sentence length. Estimates of admissions and releases in 2017 are not comparable to previous years’ data. See Methodology and Jurisdiction notes. oState did not submit 2016 or 2017 NPS data on admissions or releases. Total and detailed types of admissions and releases were imputed and included in U.S. and state totals. See Methodology and Jurisdiction notes. pIncludes all admissions and releases from state prison, regardless of sentence length. See Jurisdiction notes. qState did not submit 2016 NPS data on admissions or releases. Total and detailed types of admissions and releases were imputed and included in U.S. and state totals. Estimates of admissions and releases in 2016 are not comparable to reported 2017 data. See Methodology and Jurisdiction notes. rAdmission and release counts are preliminary estimates for fscal year 2017. Counts for 2016 have been updated. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2016 and 2017.

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Other selected fndings

Te remainder of this report presents characteristics of prisoner demographics, ofenses, facilities, and other institutional correctional systems. Tese statistics are presented in a series of tables, with bulleted highlights.

Demographic characteristics among sentenced prisoners

� More than a tenth (12%) of prisoners sentenced to more than one year in state or federal prison at year-end 2017 were age 55 or older (table 8).

� At year-end 2017, an estimated 7% of white males in state and federal prison were ages 18 to 24, compared to 12% of black and 11% of Hispanic males.

� Sixteen percent of white male prisoners were age 55 or older, compared to 11% of black and 8% of Hispanic male prisoners.

� Seven percent of white female prisoners were ages 18 to 24, compared to 11% each of black and Hispanic female prisoners.

� More than twice as many white females (49,100 prisoners) as black (19,600) or Hispanic (19,400) females were in state and federal prisons at year-end 2017.

� More than 2% of black male U.S. residents were in state or federal prison on December 31, 2017 (2,336 per 100,000 black residents) (table 9).

� Black males ages 18 to 19 were about 12 times more likely to be imprisoned than white males of the same age. Tis age group had the highest black-to-white racial disparity in 2017.

� Black males age 65 or older were 4.5 times more likely to be imprisoned than white males age 65 or older. Tis age group had the lowest black-to-white racial disparity in 2017.

� Te imprisonment rate for black females (92 per 100,000 black female residents) was almost double that for white females (49 per 100,000 white female residents).

� Among females ages 18 to 19, black females were 4.4 times more likely than white females and 1.8 times more likely than Hispanic females to be imprisoned in 2017.

Non-U.S. citizens

� In 2017, jurisdictions reported non-U.S. citizens held in both publicly and privately operated facilities. Counts of non-U.S. citizens from 2017 are not comparable to previously published counts (table 10).

� Non-citizens made up roughly the same portion of the prison population (7.6%) as of the general population in the U.S. (7.0% per the Census Bureau, not shown).

� Twenty percent of federal prisoners (35,900 of 183,100) at year-end 2017 were non-U.S. citizens (excluding persons detained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security).

� Data from 45 states show that an estimated 69,300 non-U.S. citizens were held in public and private state prison facilities at year-end 2017.

� Twenty-seven percent of sentenced non-U.S. citizens in state or federal prison were females.

Prisoners age 17 or younger

� On December 31, 2017, states held fewer than 900 prisoners age 17 or younger in adult facilities (table 11).

� Te BOP held 42 prisoners age 17 or younger in private contract facilities at year-end 2017.

Ofense characteristics of state prisoners

� More than half (55%, or 710,900) of all state prisoners sentenced to more than one year were serving a sentence for a violent ofense on their current term of imprisonment at year-end 2016 (the most recent year for which state prison ofense-data are available) (tables 12 and 13).

� At year-end 2016, an estimated 14% of sentenced prisoners (182,400) were serving time in state prison for murder or non-negligent manslaughter, and an additional 13% of state prisoners (164,800) had been sentenced for rape or sexual assault.

� Among sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities on December 31, 2016, about 15% (190,100 prisoners) had been convicted of a drug ofense as their most serious crime.

� At year-end 2016, an estimated 60% of Hispanics and blacks serving more than one year in state prison had been sentenced for a violent ofense, compared to 48% of white prisoners.

� A quarter (25%) of females serving time in state prison on December 31, 2016, had been convicted of a drug ofense, compared to 14% of males.

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Ofense characteristics of federal prisoners

� Almost half of sentenced federal prisoners on September 30, 2017 (the most recent date for which federal ofense data are available) were serving time for drug trafcking (tables 14 and 15).

� More than a third (38%, or 64,300) of federal prisoners were imprisoned for a public-order ofense, including 17% (28,300) for a weapons ofense and 7% (11,100) for an adjudicated immigration ofense.

� More than half of female federal prisoners were serving a sentence for drug trafcking, compared to less than half of males.

� A larger proportion of white ofenders in federal prison (46%) were serving time for a public-order ofense than black (36%) or Hispanic (36%) ofenders.

� More than half of Hispanic federal prisoners in 2017 were serving time for drug trafcking, and 20% were imprisoned for an adjudicated immigration ofense.

Prison capacity

� At year-end 2017, a total of 13 states and the BOP met or exceeded the maximum capacity of their prison facilities, and 24 states and the BOP had a total number of prisoners in their custody that met or exceeded their minimum number of beds (table 16).

� Jurisdictions with more prisoners in custody than the maximum number of beds that their facilities were designed, rated, or operationally intended to have included Nebraska (127%), Iowa (115%), the BOP (114%), Delaware (110%), Colorado (108%), and Virginia (102%).

Private prisons

� At year-end 2017, 8% of state and federal prisoners were held in privately operated facilities that were under the jurisdiction of 27 states or the BOP (table 17).

� Federal prisoners held in private prisons decreased by 6,600 prisoners (down 19%) from year-end 2016 to year-end 2017.

� Private prison facilities, including non-secure community corrections centers and home confnement, held 15% of the federal prison population on December 31, 2017.

� Twenty-one states that reported data to the NPS did not hold prisoners in privately operated facilities at year-end 2017.

� Five states housed at least 20% of their prison population in privately operated facilities at year-end 2017: Montana (38%), Hawaii (28%), Tennessee (26%), Oklahoma (26%), and Arizona (20%).

Prisoners held in local jails

� At year-end 2017, a total of 80,900 prisoners (5% of the state and federal prisoner population) were held in the custody of local jails for 34 states or the BOP.

� Te number of prisoners held in local jails decreased by 3% at year-end 2017 (down 2,700 prisoners), from 83,700 prisoners at year-end 2016.

� Six states held at least 20% of their state prisoners in local jail facilities at year-end 2017: Louisiana (55%), Kentucky (49%), Mississippi (27%), Tennessee (24%), Utah (22%), and Virginia (20%).

U.S. military and territories

� At year-end 2017, the U.S. military held 1,000 persons sentenced to more than one year under its correctional authority (table 18).

� Almost half (45%) of ofenders under military correctional authority had served in the U.S. Army before imprisonment.

� Te U.S. Army had custody of 66% of all military personnel sentenced to more than one year on December 31, 2017, and the U.S. Navy held 27%.

� Of military personnel whose ofense was known and who had been sentenced to any term of imprisonment under military jurisdiction, 61% had committed violent ofenses, including 46% incarcerated for violent sexual ofenses, 7% for murder, and 7% for assault (table 19).

� Almost three-quarters (71%) of the total military prison population were serving time for committing violent or non-violent sex ofenses, including sexual misconduct.

� Te fve U.S. territories or commonwealths held a total of 9,500 persons in the custody of correctional authorities at year-end 2017 (table 20).

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TABLE 8 Percent of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age, December 31, 2017

Male Female Age group Total All male Whitea Blacka Hispanic Othera,b All female Whitea Blacka Hispanic Othera,b

Totalc 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 18–19 0.8 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.6 20–24 9.4 9.5 6.4 11.1 10.5 9.9 8.2 6.5 10.2 10.3 9.4 25–29 15.8 15.7 13.1 16.8 17.1 16.2 17.8 17.3 17.3 19.6 17.6 30–34 16.1 15.8 15.2 15.4 17.6 17.5 19.2 19.3 16.8 20.6 20.6 35–39 15.5 15.4 15.1 15.0 16.9 15.8 17.0 17.5 15.3 18.0 18.2 40–44 11.8 11.8 11.7 11.7 12.7 12.6 11.9 12.2 11.2 11.3 11.8 45–49 10.2 10.2 11.4 9.9 9.4 9.8 10.1 10.6 10.2 8.8 9.4 50–54 8.4 8.5 10.1 8.3 6.7 7.5 7.5 7.7 8.7 5.7 6.5 55–59 5.9 6.0 7.6 5.8 4.2 4.9 4.4 4.7 5.1 3.1 4.1 60–64 3.2 3.3 4.3 3.0 2.3 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.8 65 or older 2.8 2.9 4.6 1.9 1.9 2.4 1.4 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.2

Number of sentenced prisonersd 1,439,800 1,334,800 387,400 456,300 317,100 173,900 105,000 49,100 19,600 19,400 17,000

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Counts are based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional ofcials. Federal data include prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. Totals include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 National Prisoner Statistics data. Details may not sum to totals. See Methodology. aExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. bIncludes Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and persons of two or more races. cIncludes persons of all ages. dEstimates are rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2017; Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017 (preliminary); National Corrections Reporting Program, 2016; and Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016.

TABLE 9 Imprisonment rates of sentenced state and federal prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents of corresponding sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age groups, December 31, 2017

Male Female Age group Total All male Whitea Blacka Hispanic Othera,b All female Whitea Blacka Hispanic Othera,b

Totalc 440 829 397 2,336 1,054 1,257 63 49 92 66 114 18–19 126 235 69 808 248 294 11 6 26 14 16 20–24 614 1,120 410 3,153 1,326 1,572 80 57 129 85 144 25–29 969 1,746 774 4,444 2,129 2,388 162 135 200 163 250 30–34 1,051 1,899 943 5,007 2,330 2,820 185 156 224 187 300 35–39 1,040 1,912 958 5,212 2,312 2,769 167 143 208 161 276 40–44 866 1,615 808 4,552 1,929 2,436 126 107 171 108 197 45–49 704 1,320 695 3,688 1,572 1,962 100 82 148 91 158 50–54 574 1,091 575 3,101 1,314 1,727 74 56 121 68 126 55–59 386 751 394 2,182 1,005 1,221 41 29 70 41 84 60–64 229 458 236 1,336 731 715 20 13 35 26 37 65 or older 78 168 100 449 316 318 5 4 9 7 9

Number of sentenced prisonersd 1,439,800 1,334,800 387,400 456,300 317,100 173,900 105,000 49,100 19,600 19,400 17,000

Note: Counts based on prisoners with a sentence of more than one year under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional ofcials. Imprisonment rate is the number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction with a sentence of more than one year per 100,000 U.S. residents of corresponding sex, race/Hispanic origin, and age. Resident population estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau for January 1, 2018. Totals include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 National Prisoner Statistics data. See Methodology. aExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. bIncludes Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and persons of two or more races. cIncludes persons of all ages. dRace/Hispanic origin totals are rounded to the nearest 100 to refect estimation of sentenced prisoners. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2017; Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017 (preliminary); National Corrections Reporting Program, 2016; Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016; and U.S. Census Bureau, post-censal resident population estimates for January 1, 2018.

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TABLE 10 Non-U.S. citizen prisoners in the custody of publicly or privately operated federal or state prisons, not including jails, by sex, December 31, 2017

Non-U.S. citizen prisonersa,b Non-U.S. citizen prisoners sentenced to more than 1 yeara

Jurisdiction Total Malec Femalec Percent of prison populationd Total Malec Femalec

Percent of sentenced populationd

U.S. totale

Federalf,g 105,129

35,857 77,993 34,314

2,959 1,543

7.6% 19.7%

99,855 31,339

72,943 29,964

2,735 1,375

7.5% 18.6%

Statee 69,272 43,679 1,416 5.8% 68,516 42,979 1,360 5.8% Alabama 817 730 87 3.7 784 697 87 3.9 Alaskah 119 113 6 2.7 56 53 3 3.0 Arizonag 4,018 3,889 129 9.6 3,930 3,806 124 9.7 Arkansas 264 256 8 1.7 264 256 8 1.7 Californiai 24,177 / / 18.8 24,177 / / 18.9 Coloradog 1,525 1,464 61 7.8 1,525 1,464 61 7.8 Connecticuth 387 371 16 2.8 268 260 8 2.9 Delawareh 266 249 17 4.3 183 182 1 4.6 Floridag 5,776 5,613 163 6.0 5,776 5,613 163 6.0 Georgiag 2,552 2,431 121 5.2 2,550 2,429 121 5.3 Hawaiih 128 122 6 2.5 83 80 3 2.6 Idaho 340 331 9 4.5 294 285 9 4.3 Illinois 1,555 1,517 38 3.8 1,555 1,517 38 3.8 Indianag 560 546 14 2.2 560 546 14 2.2 Iowag 190 180 10 2.1 190 180 10 2.1 Kansasg 314 303 11 3.2 306 296 10 3.3 Kentucky 173 170 3 1.4 173 170 3 1.4 Louisiana 120 119 1 0.8 120 119 1 0.8 Maine 38 38 0 1.6 31 31 0 1.8 Maryland 637 624 13 3.2 634 621 13 3.4 Massachusetts 691 665 26 7.9 615 603 12 7.7 Michigang 555 540 15 1.4 555 540 15 1.4 Minnesotag 425 413 12 4.7 425 413 12 4.5 Mississippi Missourij

21 239

21 233

0 6

0.2 0.7

19 239

19 233

0 6

0.1 0.7

Montanag 16 15 1 0.5 16 15 1 0.5 Nebraskag 208 206 2 4.1 208 206 2 4.1 Nevadag 1,210 1,166 44 9.1 1,202 1,159 43 8.8 New Hampshire / / / : / / / : New Jerseyg

New Mexicok 1,280

/ 1,254

/ 26

/ 6.6

: 1,280

/ 1,254

/ 26

/ 6.6

: New Yorkg 4,330 4,192 138 8.7 4,330 4,192 138 8.8 North Carolina North Dakotak

Ohiog,l

1,248 /

477

1,213 /

458

35 /

19

3.4 :

0.9

1,241 /

477

1,206 /

458

35 /

19

3.5 :

0.9 Oklahomam 159 156 3 0.6 151 148 3 0.6 Oregonn 1,473 / / 10.0% / / / : Pennsylvania Rhode Islandh

2,038 /

1,997 /

41 /

4.3 :

1,985 /

1,944 /

41 /

4.2 :

South Carolinag 445 428 17 2.3 441 425 16 2.3 South Dakotag 86 78 8 2.2 86 78 8 2.2 Tennessee 368 356 12 1.7 368 356 12 1.7 Texasg

Utahj 8,826

356 8,595

350 231

6 5.9 7.1

8,746 356

8,518 350

228 6

6.0 7.2

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TABLE 10 (continued) Non-U.S. citizen prisoners in the custody of publicly or privately operated federal or state prisons, not including jails, by sex, December 31, 2017

Non-U.S. citizen prisonersa,b Non-U.S. citizen prisoners sentenced to more than 1 yeara

Percent of prison Percent of sentenced Jurisdiction Total Malec Femalec populationd Total Malec Femalec populationd

Vermonth 8 7 1 0.6 3 2 1 0.3 Virginia 865 844 21 2.9 865 844 21 2.9 Washington 746 725 21 4.2 745 724 21 4.2 West Virginia 24 23 1 0.4 24 23 1 0.4 Wisconsin 476 463 13 2.0 463 451 12 2.1 Wyomingg 53 52 1 2.2 53 52 1 2.2

Note: Defnition of non-U.S. citizen varies across jurisdictions. Use caution when interpreting these statistics. Unless otherwise noted, citizenship status is based on self-report of the prisoner upon admission to prison. Some jurisdictions use a prisoner’s reported country of birth to determine current citizenship. BJS changed the way it measured citizenship for the 2017 reference year, requesting that National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) respondents include all non-U.S. citizens in the physical custody of state and federal correctional authorities and those held in private prisons, while excluding prisoners held in local jails and in the custody of other jurisdictions. Data collected in the 2017 NPS should not be compared to previous years’ data. See Methodology. :Not calculated. /Not reported. aUnless otherwise noted, citizenship status is based on self-reporting by prisoners at time of admission. bIncludes unsentenced prisoners and those of all sentence lengths. cU.S. and state totals for non-U.S. citizens by sex exclude California and Oregon, which did not report citizenship counts by sex. dPrison population count is the sum of persons held in the custody of state and federally operated facilities and each jurisdiction’s private prison facilities. In 2017, the total custody population in publicly and privately operated state and federal correctional facilities was 1,379,579 (1,197,432 state and 182,147 federal), and the sentenced custody population in those same facilities was 1,339,729 (1,171,372 state and 168,357 federal). These counts exclude custody populations for non-reporting states (New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Rhode Island). eTotal U.S. and state counts of non-U.S. citizen prisoners for 2017, and male and female totals, are an undercount due to the exclusion of data from several states that were unable to report this information. The 92.4% of prisoners who are not counted as non-citizens are not necessarily all U.S. citizens, as some may be of unknown citizenship status. fCitizenship data from the 2017 Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) should not be compared to previous years’ data. Federal counts are based on country of current citizenship as recorded in the BOP data system and exclude persons detained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In previous years, BOP has provided counts of non-citizens to NPS that were based on a prisoner’s country of birth. gCitizenship data were subject to verifcation by an external data source. hPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. iCitizenship data were extracted from a state report (https://sites.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/07/Ofender-Data-Points-as-of- December-31-2017-1.pdf ) and represented the country of birth as reported by prisoners. jEstimate not based on self-reported citizenship status but on the number of ofenders with ICE detainers. kState did not provide 2017 NPS data. Counts of non-U.S. citizens were imputed based on previous years’ data and included in the state and U.S. totals. See Methodology. lCounts of non-U.S. citizens exclude those held in privately operated halfway houses. mCitizenship based on prisoner-reported country of birth. nCitizenship data were extracted from a state report (https://www.oregon.gov/doc/OC/docs/pdf/IB-54-ICE Criminal Aliens.pdf ) and was unavailable by sex. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2017.

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TABLE 11 Prisoners age 17 or younger in the custody of publicly or privately operated federal or state prisons, not including jails, by sex, December 31, 2017

Prisoners age 17 or younger Prisoners age 17 or younger Jurisdiction Total Male Female Jurisdiction Total Male Female

U.S. total 935 893 42 Mississippi 18 18 0 Federala 42 36 6 Missouri 11 9 2 State 893 857 36 Montana 0 0 0

Alabama 25 24 1 Nebraska 5 5 0 Alaskab 13 12 1 Nevada 22 22 0 Arizona 54 53 1 New Hampshire 0 0 0 Arkansas 24 23 1 New Jersey 0 0 0 California / / / New Mexicoc / / / Colorado 8 8 0 New York 67 65 2 Connecticutb 55 53 2 North Carolina 76 72 4 Delawareb 11 11 0 North Dakotac / / / Florida 133 131 2 Ohio 32 31 1 Georgia 62 61 1 Oklahoma 12 10 2 Hawaiib 0 0 0 Oregon 0 0 0 Idaho 0 0 0 Pennsylvania 27 26 1 Illinois 0 0 0 Rhode Island 0 0 0 Indiana 24 24 0 South Carolina 35 33 2 Iowa 10 10 0 South Dakota 0 0 0 Kansas 0 0 0 Tennessee 7 7 0 Kentucky Louisiana

0 21

0 18

0 3

Texas Utah

42 1

34 1

8 0

Maine 0 0 0 Vermontb 2 2 0 Maryland 13 13 0 Virginia 12 12 0

Massachusetts 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0

Michigan Minnesota

40 8

39 8

1 0

West Virginia Wisconsin

0 22

0 21

0 1

Wyoming 1 1 0 Note: In 2017, BJS began requesting that National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) respondents include all persons age 17 or younger in the physical custody of state and federal correctional authorities and those held in private prisons, while excluding prisoners held in local jails and in the custody of other jurisdictions. Data collected in the 2017 NPS should not be compared to previous years’ data. See Methodology. /Not reported. aThe Federal Bureau of Prisons holds prisoners age 17 or younger in private contract facilities; 42 such prisoners were housed in contract facilities in 2017. bPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. cState did not provide any 2017 NPS data. See Methodology. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2017.

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TABLE 12 Sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state correctional authorities, percentages by most serious ofense, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, December 31, 2016 Most serious ofense All prisonersa Male Female Whiteb Blackb Hispanic

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Violent 55.2% 56.5% 37.5% 47.6% 60.1% 60.4%

Murderc 14.2 14.3 12.0 10.5 16.3 15.5 Negligent manslaughter 1.3 1.3 2.5 1.3 0.8 1.0 Rape/sexual assault 12.8 13.6 2.4 16.4 8.3 14.0 Robbery 13.1 13.5 8.0 7.2 19.3 12.7 Aggravated/simple assault 10.5 10.6 8.8 9.1 11.8 13.3 Other 3.3 3.2 3.8 3.1 3.7 3.8

Property 17.5% 16.9% 26.4% 23.8% 14.5% 12.3% Burglary 9.4 9.6 7.1 11.5 8.7 7.1 Larceny-theft 3.4 3.0 8.4 5.4 3.0 2.1 Motor vehicle theft 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.9 Fraud 2.0 1.6 7.1 2.9 1.2 1.0 Other 2.0 1.9 2.9 2.9 1.0 1.1

Drug 14.8% 14.0% 24.8% 15.4% 13.8% 13.9% Drug possession 3.5 3.2 7.3 4.1 3.2 3.2 Otherd 11.2 10.7 17.6 11.3 10.6 10.7

Public order 11.9% 12.0% 10.2% 12.4% 11.2% 13.1% Weapons 4.2 4.4 1.7 2.6 5.4 5.3 DUI 1.9 1.9 2.6 2.7 0.7 2.6 Othere 5.8 5.7 5.8 7.1 5.0 5.1

Other/unspecifedf 0.6% 0.6% 1.1% 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% Total number of sentenced prisonersg 1,288,500 1,194,000 94,400 401,100 419,700 278,400

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Estimates are based on state prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding and missing ofense data. See Methodology. aAlso includes Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and persons of two or more races. bExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. cIncludes non-negligent manslaughter. dIncludes trafcking and other drug ofenses. eIncludes court ofenses; commercialized vice, morals, and decency ofenses; liquor-law violations; probation and parole violations; and other public-order ofenses. fIncludes juvenile ofenses and other unspecifed ofense categories. gEstimates are rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2016; National Corrections Reporting Program, 2016; and Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016.

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TABLE 13 Number of sentenced prisoners under jurisdiction of state correctional authorities, by most serious ofense, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, December 31, 2016 Most serious ofense All prisonersa Male Female Whiteb Blackb Hispanic

Total 1,288,466 1,194,000 94,400 401,100 419,700 278,400 Violent 710,900 675,200 35,400 190,900 252,400 168,100

Murderc 182,400 171,100 11,300 41,900 68,600 43,200 Negligent manslaughter 17,300 15,000 2,300 5,300 3,200 2,800 Rape/sexual assault 164,800 162,400 2,300 65,600 34,600 39,000 Robbery 168,800 161,200 7,600 28,900 81,100 35,300 Aggravated/simple assault 135,400 127,100 8,300 36,500 49,500 37,200 Other 42,100 38,600 3,600 12,600 15,300 10,700

Property 226,100 201,300 24,900 95,400 61,000 34,200 Burglary 121,300 114,500 6,700 46,000 36,400 19,900 Larceny-theft 44,000 36,200 8,000 21,800 12,700 5,900 Motor vehicle theft 9,600 8,900 800 4,000 2,400 2,600 Fraud 25,900 19,300 6,700 11,800 5,000 2,700 Other 25,200 22,500 2,800 11,800 4,400 3,100

Drug 190,100 166,800 23,500 61,600 57,900 38,600 Drug possession Otherd

45,300 144,800

38,500 128,300

6,900 16,600

16,300 45,300

13,300 44,500

8,800 29,800

Public order 153,100 143,500 9,600 49,900 46,900 36,400 Weapons 54,400 52,700 1,600 10,500 22,700 14,800 DUI 24,600 22,100 2,500 11,000 3,100 7,300 Othere

Other/unspecifedf 74,100

8,200 68,600

7,200 5,500 1,000

28,300 3,300

21,100 1,500

14,300 1,100

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Estimates are based on state prisoners with a sentence of more than one year. Estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding and missing ofense data. See Methodology. aAlso includes Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and persons of two or more races. bExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. cIncludes non-negligent manslaughter. dIncludes trafcking and other drug ofenses. eIncludes court ofenses; commercialized vice, morals, and decency ofenses; liquor-law violations; probation and parole violations; and other public-order ofenses. fIncludes juvenile ofenses and other unspecifed ofense categories. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2016; National Corrections Reporting Program, 2016; and Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016.

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TABLE 14 Prisoners who received a sentence of any length in the custody of publicly or privately operated federal correctional facilities, percentages by most serious ofense, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, September 30, 2017 Most serious ofense All prisonersa Male Female Whiteb,c Blackb,c Hispanicc

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Violent 7.9% 8.1% 4.8% 7.0% 10.6% 2.4%

Homicided 1.6 1.7 1.3 0.7 2.6 0.4 Robbery 3.8 4.0 1.8 4.5 5.8 1.0 Other 2.4 2.5 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.0

Property 5.9% 5.1% 17.4% 8.5% 6.3% 2.8% Burglary 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 Fraud 4.6 3.9 14.8 6.7 4.9 2.4 Other 1.0 1.0 2.4 1.7 1.0 0.4

Druge 47.3% 46.6% 56.8% 37.5% 46.9% 58.2% Public order 38.5% 39.8% 20.4% 46.2% 36.0% 36.2%

Immigrationf 6.7 6.9 3.2 0.6 0.3 19.9 Weapons 17.0 17.9 4.2 14.3 26.7 8.5 Otherg 14.9 15.0 13.0 31.3 8.9 7.8

Other/unspecifedh 0.4% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 0.3% 0.3% Total number of sentenced prisonersi 166,800 155,700 11,100 46,100 61,800 53,200

Note: Counts are based on prisoners who were convicted and sentenced to any length of time, including those sentenced to one year or less, in the custody of publicly or privately operated federal correctional facilities on September 30, 2017. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding. See Methodology. aAlso includes Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and persons of two or more races. bExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. cRace/Hispanic origin data are based on administrative data and self-reports from BJS surveys. dIncludes murder and negligent and non-negligent manslaughter. eIncludes trafcking, possession, and other drug ofenses. More than 99% of federal drug ofenders were sentenced for trafcking. fIncludes illegal entry, smuggling and importing non-citizens, and holds for immigration ofcials. gIncludes court ofenses; commercialized vice, morals, and decency ofenses; liquor-law violations; probation and parole violations; and other public-order ofenses. hIncludes ofenses not classifed. iEstimates are rounded to the nearest 100. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017 (preliminary).

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TABLE 15 Prisoners who received a sentence of any length in the custody of publicly or privately operated federal correctional facilities, numbers by most serious ofense, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, September 30, 2017 Most serious ofense All prisonersa Male Female Whiteb,c Blackb,c Hispanicc

Totald 166,776 155,679 11,097 46,100 61,800 53,200 Violent 13,100 12,600 500 3,200 6,500 1,300

Homicidee 2,700 2,600 100 300 1,600 200 Robbery 6,400 6,200 200 2,100 3,600 600 Other 4,000 3,900 200 800 1,300 500

Property 9,800 7,900 1,900 3,900 3,900 1,500 Burglary 400 400 10 100 300 Fraud 7,700 6,100 1,600 3,100 3,000 1,300 Other 1,800 1,500 300 800 600 200

Drugf 78,800 72,500 6,300 17,300 29,000 31,000 Public order 64,300 62,000 2,300 21,300 22,200 19,300

Immigrationg 11,100 10,700 400 300 200 10,600 Weapons 28,300 27,900 500 6,600 16,500 4,500 Other 24,800 23,400 1,400 14,400 5,500 4,100

Other/unspecifedh 700 700 100 400 200 200 Note: Counts are based on prisoners who were convicted and sentenced to any length of time, including those sentenced to one year or less, in the custody of publicly or privately operated federal correctional facilities on September 30, 2017. Details may not sum to totals due to rounding. See Methodology. aAlso includes Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders; American Indians and Alaska Natives; and persons of two or more races. bExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. cRace/Hispanic origin data are not adjusted to self-reported data. dRace/Hispanic origin totals are rounded to the nearest 100 to accommodate diferences in data collection techniques between jurisdictions. eIncludes murder and negligent and non-negligent manslaughter. fIncludes trafcking, possession, and other drug ofenses. More than 99% of federal drug ofenders were sentenced for trafcking. gIncludes illegal entry, smuggling and importing non-citizens, and holds for immigration ofcials. hIncludes ofenses not classifed. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017 (preliminary).

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TABLE 16 Prison facility capacity, custody population, and percent capacity, December 31, 2017

Jurisdiction Type of capacity measure

Rated Operational Design Custody population

Custody population as a percent of— Lowest capacity Highest capacity

Federala 135,792 … … 155,006 114.1% 114.1% State

Alabamab … 25,784 12,852 21,570 167.8 83.7 Alaskac 4,838 … 4,664 4,378 93.9 90.5 Arizonad 38,098 44,003 38,098 41,964 110.1 95.4 Arkansas 16,505 16,544 15,721 15,879 101.0 96.0 California … 121,426 89,763 118,058 131.5 97.2 Colorado … 14,706 13,125 15,900 121.1 108.1 Connecticut Delawareb

/ 5,514

/ 5,566

/ 4,092

13,649 6,140

/ 150.0

/ 110.3

Florida … 88,384 … 84,929 96.1 96.1 Georgiad 59,481 53,861 … 53,514 99.4 90.0 Hawaiie

Idahod

Illinoisf

… …

54,543

3,527 7,615

54,543

3,527 … …

3,536 7,637

41,065

100.3 100.3

75.3

100.3 100.3

75.3 Indianag … 28,866 … 25,773 89.3 89.3 Iowa 7,200 7,200 7,200 8,290 115.1 115.1 Kansas 10,435 10,435 10,435 9,701 93.0 93.0 Kentucky 11,971 11,971 12,226 12,008 100.3 98.2 Louisiana 17,956 16,344 … 15,152 92.7 84.4 Maine Marylandh

2,421 …

2,602 21,256

2,602 …

2,354 19,919

97.2 93.7

90.5 93.7

Massachusetts … 10,208 7,492 8,859 118.2 86.8 Michigan 42,044 41,039 … 39,666 96.7 94.3 Minnesota Mississippii

Missourib

… … …

9,504 17,909 32,536

… … …

9,547 15,559 32,564

100.5 86.9

100.1

100.5 86.9

100.1 Montana Nebraskab

… …

1,689 4,094

… 3,375

1,769 5,198

104.7 154.0

104.7 127.0

Nevada 14,092 11,886 … 13,243 111.4 94.0 New Hampshire 2,760 2,760 1,810 2,533 139.9 91.8 New Jersey New Mexicoj

16,590 …

17,439 7,055

23,337 7,055

16,597 4,048

100.0 57.4

71.1 57.4

New York 51,409 51,603 50,892 49,514 97.3 96.0 North Carolina North Dakotaj

… …

38,159 1,353

32,684 1,353

36,663 1,335

112.2 98.7

96.1 98.7

Ohio / / / 44,257 / / Oklahoma 17,730 19,809 17,730 19,931 112.4 100.6 Oregon Pennsylvaniad

14,712 48,644

15,612 48,644

14,712 48,644

14,660 47,236

99.6 97.1

93.9 97.1

Rhode Island 3,989 3,774 3,975 2,683 71.1 67.3 South Carolina South Dakotab,d

… …

21,404 4,444

… …

19,409 3,890

90.7 87.5

90.7 87.5

Tennessee 16,006 15,488 … 14,391 92.9 89.9

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TABLE 16 (continued) Prison facility capacity, custody population, and percent capacity, December 31, 2017

Jurisdiction Type of capacity measure

Rated Operational Design Custody population

Custody population as a percent of— Lowest capacity Highest capacity

Texasb 157,528 151,431 157,528 137,926 91.1 87.6 Utah … 6,771 7,127 4,982 73.6 69.9 Vermont 1,602 1,602 1,668 1,333 83.2 79.9 Virginia … 29,306 … 29,836 101.8 101.8 Washington … 16,775 … 17,674 105.4 105.4 West Virginia 5,922 5,976 5,922 5,922 100.0 99.1 Wisconsin … 23,056 17,031 23,513 138.1 102.0 Wyoming 2,298 2,298 2,417 2,182 95.0 90.3

Note: Excludes inmates held in local jails, other states, or private facilities, unless otherwise stated. Rated capacity is the number of inmates or beds a facility can hold set by a rating ofcial; operational capacity is the number of inmates a facility can hold based on stafng and services; and design capacity is the number of inmates a facility can hold set by the architect or planner. Lowest capacity represents the minimum capacity estimate submitted by the jurisdiction, while highest capacity represents the maximum capacity estimate. When a jurisdiction could provide only a single capacity estimate, it was used as both lowest and highest capacity. …Not available. Specifc type of capacity is not measured by state. /Not reported. aDue to diferences in the dates when data were extracted, the federal custody count reported for the calculation of capacity difers slightly from the year-end custody count reported in the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS). It includes prisoners of all sentence lengths. bState defnes capacity diferently than BJS does. See Jurisdiction notes. cAlaska’s capacity excludes non-traditional confnement such as halfway houses or electronic monitoring. dPrivate facilities included in capacity and custody counts. eHawaii’s custody count excludes 248 ofenders who were relocated out-of-state while an in-state facility was being repaired. fIllinois’s rated capacity is under revision, and these numbers are the ceiling operational capacity. Numbers are not comparable to prior reports. gIndiana’s capacity includes facilities owned by the state but stafed with employees of a private correctional company. hMaryland’s capacity may include some pre-trial detainees excluded from the custody count. iLocal facilities are included in Mississippi’s capacity and custody counts. jState did not submit 2017 NPS data on custody or capacity. Custody count was imputed, and capacities were assumed to have not changed from the most recent year the state submitted NPS data. See Methodology. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2017.

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TABLE 17 Prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities and held in the custody of private prisons and local jails, 2016 and 2017

Prisoners held in private prisonsa Prisoners held in local jails

Jurisdiction 2016 2017 Percent change, 2016–2017

Percent of total jurisdiction, 2017 2016 2017

Percent change, Percent of total 2016–2017 jurisdiction, 2017

U.S. total Federalb

128,323 34,159

121,420 27,569

-5.4% -19.3%

8.2% 15.1%

83,679 832

80,917 869

-3.3% 4.4%

5.4% 0.5%

State 94,164 93,851 -0.3% 7.2% 82,847 80,048 -3.4% 6.1% Alabama 348 264 -24.1 1.0 1,445 2,021 39.9 7.3 Alaskac 551 248 -55.0 5.6 40 39 -2.5 0.9 Arizona 8,285 8,283 0.0 19.7 0 0 ~ ~ Arkansas 0 0 ~ ~ 1,369 1,837 34.2 10.2 California 7,005 6,359 -9.2 4.9 1,651 1,762 6.7 1.3 Colorado 3,564 3,760 5.5 18.9 376 164 -56.4 0.8 Connecticutc 508 515 1.4 3.7 ~ ~ ~ ~ Delawarec 0 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Florida 12,176 11,676 -4.1 11.9 1,161 1,119 -3.6 1.1 Georgia 7,973 7,880 -1.2 14.7 5,066 4,752 -6.2 8.9 Hawaiic 1,405 1,602 14.0 28.5 ~ ~ ~ ~ Idaho 420 432 2.9 5.0 791 680 -14.0 7.9 Illinois 0 362 100.0 0.9 0 0 ~ ~ Indianad 3,927 4,061 3.4 15.6 403 251 -37.7 1.0 Iowa 0 0 ~ ~ 0 0 ~ ~ Kansas 0 0 ~ ~ 78 97 24.4 1.0 Kentucky 0 0 ~ ~ 11,151 11,531 3.4 49.0 Louisiana 0 0 ~ ~ 20,623 18,587 -9.9 55.1 Maine 0 0 ~ ~ 11 17 54.5 0.7 Maryland 25 32 28.0 0.2 94 58 -38.3 0.3 Massachusetts 0 0 ~ ~ 363 261 -28.1 2.9 Michigan 0 0 ~ ~ 0 0 ~ ~ Minnesota 0 0 ~ ~ 1,023 1,007 -1.6 9.4 Mississippi 3,078 3,121 1.4 16.3 5,040 5,133 1.8 26.9 Missouri 0 0 ~ ~ 0 0 ~ ~ Montana 1,481 1,409 -4.9 38.1 589 503 -14.6 13.6 Nebraska 0 0 ~ ~ 149 151 1.3 2.8 Nevada 0 575 100.0 4.2 120 173 44.2 1.3 New Hampshire 0 0 ~ ~ 44 51 15.9 1.9 New Jersey 2,720 2,659 -2.2 13.6 83 87 4.8 0.4 New Mexicoe 3,040 / : : 0 / : : New York 0 0 ~ ~ 13 2 -84.6 0.0 North Carolina 30 30 0.0 0.1 0 0 ~ ~ North Dakotae / / : : / / : : Ohio 6,259 7,224 15.4 14.0 0 0 ~ ~ Oklahoma Oregonf

7,149 0

7,353 0

2.9 ~

26.1 ~

316 0

13 22

-95.9 :

0.0 0.1

Pennsylvania 680 407 -40.1 0.8 526 382 -27.4 0.8 Rhode Islandc 0 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ South Carolina 12 24 100.0 0.1 344 341 -0.9 1.7 South Dakota 34 34 0.0 0.9 0 0 ~ ~ Tennessee 7,433 7,608 2.4 26.3 6,725 7,038 4.7 24.3 Texas 13,692 12,728 -7.0 7.8 12,051 11,549 -4.2 7.1 Utah 0 0 ~ ~ 1,618 1,405 -13.2 21.8

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TABLE 17 (continued) Prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities and held in the custody of private prisons and local jails, 2016 and 2017

Prisoners held in private prisonsa Prisoners held in local jails Percent change, Percent of total Percent change, Percent of total

Jurisdiction 2016 2017 2016–2017 jurisdiction, 2017 2016 2017 2016–2017 jurisdiction, 2017 Vermontc,d 264 0 -100.0 0.0 ~ ~ ~ ~ Virginia 1,576 1,553 -1.5 4.2 7,931 7,370 -7.1 19.8 Washington 0 0 ~ ~ 178 42 -76.4 0.2 West Virginia 0 0 ~ ~ 1,263 1,170 -7.4 16.5 Wisconsin 0 0 ~ ~ 187 412 120.3 1.7 Wyoming 269 237 -11.9 9.6 7 21 200.0 0.8

Note: Counts are for December 31 of each year. :Not calculated. ~Not applicable. /Not reported. aIncludes prisoners held in private facilities in the jurisdiction and another state. bIncludes federal prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated facilities (9,497) and on home confnement (2,475). Excludes persons held in immigration detention facilities pending adjudication. cPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations. dIncludes prisoners in facilities owned by the state but stafed by employees of a private correctional company. eTotals for 2016 include imputed counts for North Dakota, which did not submit 2016 National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data. Totals for 2017 include imputed counts for New Mexico and North Dakota, which did not submit 2017 NPS data. BJS estimated counts of prisoners held in local jails and private facilities and included these estimates in the state and U.S. totals. See Methodology. fState submitted updated 2016 sentenced population counts. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2016 and 2017.

TABLE 18 Prisoners under military jurisdiction, by branch of service, 2016 and 2017

Total populationa Sentenced populationb

Percent change Percent change Jurisdiction 2016 2017 2016–2017 2016 2017 2016–2017

Total number of prisoners 1,338 1,258 -6.0% 1,084 996 -8.1% Military branch of service

Air Force 236 227 -3.8% 192 184 -4.2% Army 646 570 -11.8 577 502 -13.0 Marine Corps 245 234 -4.5 153 151 -1.3 Navy 191 212 11.0 145 146 0.7 Coast Guard 20 15 -25.0 17 13 -23.5

In custody of— Air Force 27 30 11.1% 5 4 -20.0% Army 781 730 -6.5 713 659 -7.6 Marine Corps 109 132 21.1 27 62 129.6 Navy 421 366 -13.1 339 271 -20.1

Note: Counts are for December 31 of each year. aIncludes all prisoners under military jurisdiction, regardless of conviction status or sentence length. bIncludes prisoners sentenced to more than one year under military jurisdiction. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, based on data from the Ofce of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 2016 and 2017.

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TABLE 19 Prisoners under jurisdiction of military correctional authority, with a sentence of any length, percentages by most serious ofense and branch of service, December 31, 2017 Most serious ofense Totala Air Force Army Marine Corps Navy

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Violent ofenses 61.3% 53.3% 71.5% 54.7% 47.8% Non-violent ofenses 38.7% 46.7% 28.5% 45.3% 52.2%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Sexual 70.5% 71.0% 72.1% 64.6% 70.6%

Violent 46.3 41.1 53.7 40.9 35.6 Non-violentb 24.2 29.9 18.3 23.8 35.0

Other violent 15.0% 12.1% 17.8% 13.8% 12.2% Murderc 6.8 6.1 9.1 4.4 3.9 Negligent manslaughter 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.6 1.1 Robbery 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 Aggravated/simple assault 6.7 5.6 6.7 8.3 6.7 Other 0.9 0.0 1.5 0.6 0.6

Property 3.1% 2.8% 2.4% 5.0% 3.9% Burglary 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.1 1.1 Larceny-theft 2.2 0.9 2.2 3.9 2.2 Motor vehicle theft 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fraud 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 Other 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Drugd 6.3% 12.6% 1.6% 11.6% 7.8% Public order 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% Military 3.2% 0.9% 2.9% 3.9% 5.0% Other/unspecifed 1.8% 0.5% 3.1% 1.1% 0.6%

Total number of prisoners 1,140 214 551 181 180 Note: Counts are based on prisoners sentenced to any length of time under military correctional authority. Excludes pre-trial detainees. Coast Guard ofense distribution not shown due to too few cases. aIncludes prisoners who served in the Coast Guard. bIncludes sexual harassment, indecent exposure, prostitution, stalking, and other non-violent sexual misconduct. cIncludes non-negligent manslaughter. dIncludes possession, use, trafcking, and other drug crimes. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, based on data from the Ofce of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 2017.

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TABLE 20 Prisoners under jurisdiction or in custody of correctional authorities in U.S. territories and commonwealths, by prison facility capacity, December 31, 2017

Jurisdiction population Capacity Sentenced to Total custody

Jurisdiction Totala more than 1 yeara population Rated Operational Design Total 9,488 8,614 10,960 / / /

American Samoab / / 185 / / / Guam 682 366 628 753 18 260 Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islandsc 262 169 262 559 272 559 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 7,875 7,701 9,493 14,364 14,632 14,632 U.S. Virgin Islandsd 669 378 577 468 355 550 Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Custody refers to the physical location where the prisoner is held. Rated capacity is the number of inmates or beds a facility can hold set by a rating ofcial; operational capacity is the number of inmates a facility can hold based on stafng and services; and design capacity is the number of inmates a facility can hold set by the architect or planner. /Not reported. aExcludes American Samoa. bAmerican Samoa has not submitted National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data since 2011. Custody data were located in the American Samoa Statistical Yearbook 2016 (http://doc.as.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/American-Samoa-Statistical-Yearbook-2016.pdf ) and represent the number of persons in custody as of December 2016. cThe Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands did not submit 2017 NPS data. Data used had been reported in 2016. dThe U.S. Virgin Islands did not submit NPS data from 2014 to 2017 and had inconsistent 2013 data. Data are from 2012. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2017.

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Methodology Te National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program started in 1926. Te Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) sponsors the survey, and Abt Associates, Inc., currently serves as the data collection agent. BJS depends on voluntary participation by state departments of corrections (DOCs) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for NPS data.

Te NPS distinguishes between prisoners in custody and prisoners under jurisdiction. To have custody of a prisoner, a state or the BOP must hold the prisoner in one of its facilities. To have jurisdiction over a prisoner, the state or BOP must have legal authority over that prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is incarcerated or supervised. Some states were unable to provide counts that distinguished between custody and jurisdiction. (See Jurisdiction notes to determine which states did not distinguish between custody and jurisdiction counts.)

Te NPS jurisdiction counts include persons held in prisons, penitentiaries, correctional facilities, halfway houses, boot camps, farms, training or treatment centers, and hospitals. Counts also include prisoners who were temporarily absent (fewer than 30 days), in court, or on work release; housed in privately operated facilities, local jails, or other state or federal facilities; or serving concurrent sentences for more than one correctional authority.

Te NPS custody counts include all prisoners held within a respondent’s facility, including prisoners housed for other correctional authorities. Te custody counts exclude prisoners held in local jails and other jurisdictions. With a few exceptions, the NPS custody counts exclude prisoners held in privately operated facilities.

Respondents to NPS surveys are permitted to update prior counts of prisoners held in custody and under jurisdiction. Some statistics on jurisdiction and sentenced prison populations for prior years have been updated in this report. All tables showing data based on jurisdiction counts, including tables of imprisonment rates, were based on the updated and most recently available data that respondents provided.

Admissions in this report include new court commitments; returned prisoners for parole, probation, or other conditional release violations; returned prisoners from appeal or bond; and other admissions. Tey exclude transfers from other jurisdictions, returned prisoners who were absent without leave, and returned escapees, because they have not ofcially lef the jurisdiction.

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Releases include unconditional releases (e.g., expirations of sentence or commutations), conditional releases (e.g., probations, supervised mandatory releases, or discretionary paroles), deaths, AWOLs, escapes from confnement, transfers to other jurisdictions, releases to appeal or bond, and other releases. For reporting purposes, BJS release counts exclude AWOLs, escapes, and transfers to other jurisdictions, because they have not ofcially lef the jurisdiction.

Te NPS has historically included counts of prisoners in the combined jail and prison systems of Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Te District of Columbia has not operated a prison system since year-end 2001. Felons sentenced under the District of Columbia criminal code are housed in federal facilities. Jail inmates in the District of Columbia are included in the Annual Survey of Jails. Some previously published prisoner counts include jail inmates in the District of Columbia for 2001, the last year of collection. Additional information about the NPS is available on the BJS website, including the data collection instrument.

Non-reporting states

Te New Mexico and North Dakota DOCs did not respond to the 2017 NPS survey. BJS imputed 2017 fgures for North Dakota’s custody, jurisdiction, admission, and release counts using the state’s online report (https://docr.nd.gov/sites/www/fles/documents/ statistics/factsheets/2017%2012%2031%20FACT%20 SHEET.pdf ). BJS assumed that the sentence-length distributions of the custody and jurisdiction populations, race-and-Hispanic-origin distribution of the prison population, and types of admissions and releases in 2017 were the same as those reported by the North Dakota DOC in 2015, the last year it submitted data. In addition, BJS assumed that the state’s prison capacity was the same as in 2015.

Te jurisdiction sentence length and custody counts for New Mexico were imputed from the total jurisdiction number based on the distributions reported by New Mexico DOC to the 2016 NPS. BJS also made the assumption that the race and Hispanic origin distribution had not changed from 2016, and that the percentage of prisoners held in local jails and private prisons remained the same. Te number of releases was held at its 2016 level, and admissions were calculated to explain the diference between the 2016 and 2017 jurisdiction counts. BJS assumed that the capacity of New Mexico prisons did not change in 2017.

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Oregon did not submit data in 2016 but updated some of the jurisdiction counts for that year on the 2017 NPS data collection form. Details regarding the imputation of 2016 Oregon data are summarized in Prisoners in 2016 (NCJ 251149, BJS web, January 2018).

Estimating year-end counts of prison population by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age

National-level estimates of the number of persons by race under the jurisdiction of state prisons on December 31, 2017, were based on an adjustment of NPS counts to comply with the Ofce of Management and Budget (OMB) defnitions of race and Hispanic origin. OMB defnes persons of Hispanic or Latino origin as a separate category, and racial categories are defned exclusive of Hispanic origin. OMB adopted guidelines for collecting these data in 1997.

Not all NPS providers’ information systems categorize race and Hispanic origin in this way. BJS adjusted reported NPS race and Hispanic origin data, separating for state and federal prisoners. For state prisoners, BJS calculated the ratio of the distribution of state prisoners by race and Hispanic origin in self-reported prisoner surveys, which use OMB categories for race, to the distribution of prisoners by race and Hispanic origin in NPS data for the year closest to the felding of the survey. BJS then multiplied this ratio by the distribution of state prisoners’ race and Hispanic origin using the current year’s NPS. Te percentage of persons self-reporting to the NPS as non-Hispanic and two or more races was assumed to be equal to that of the self-reported prisoner survey. Te fnal percentage distribution of race and Hispanic origin was multiplied by the total of sentenced state prisoners to obtain counts for each category.

Te distribution of race and Hispanic origin for federal prisoners used the same adjustment methodology but limited self-reported prisoner survey data to federal prisoners. BJS summed state and federal estimates for race and Hispanic origin to get the total counts published in table 3 and for detailed counts of prisoners by sex, age, and ofense.

Prior to the Prisoners in 2016 report, BJS used the race and Hispanic origin from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities (SISCF) to calculate the ratio for the adjusted state distribution. Starting in 2016, BJS conducted the Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI), which allowed for adjustments to be updated with more recent data. To obtain 10-year estimates of race and Hispanic origin, BJS calculated ratio adjustments for each year twice, once using the 2004 SISCF and once using the

2016 SPI. BJS then weighted the ratios to refect the number of years between the survey and estimate year. Te ratios calculated using SISCF data received higher weights for years closer to 2004, while those calculated using SPI data had higher weights for years closer to 2016. BJS then used the average of these weighted ratios.

For federal estimates, the adjusted NPS data were multiplied by the ratio of the age category count within the sex and race combination in the Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) to the FJSP total count within the sex and race combination (e.g., FJSP white males ages 18 to 19 divided by FJSP white males). Te resulting product yielded FJSP-adjusted NPS counts for each sex and race combination by age group (e.g., white male prisoners ages 18 to 19 in the federal prison system). State prison age distributions for the NPS use a similar sex and race ratio adjustment based on individual-level data from the National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP). State and federal estimates were added together to obtain national estimates for year-end prison populations.

BJS provides the unadjusted jurisdiction-level counts of prisoners by race and Hispanic origin (see appendix table 2). Historical adjusted counts of prisoners by race are archived through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ NACJD/studies/36281).

Estimating imprisonment rates by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age

BJS calculated age-specifc imprisonment rates for each sex, adjusted racial and Hispanic origin group, and age by dividing the estimated number of sentenced prisoners within each age group under jurisdiction on December 31, 2017, by the estimated number of U.S. residents in each age group on January 1, 2018. BJS multiplied the result by 100,000 and rounded to the nearest whole number. Totals by sex include all prisoners and U.S. residents, regardless of race or Hispanic origin.

Non-U.S. citizen prisoners

Te BOP and some DOCs reported the number of non-U.S. citizens under their jurisdiction or in their custody on December 31, 2017. While the intention is for jurisdictions to report based on prisoners’ current citizenship status, some jurisdictions may have instead reported country of birth to NPS. Statistics from 2017 mark the frst time that states were asked to include the citizenship status of prisoners held in private facilities, so 2017 counts are more complete than in prior years.

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In 2017, the BOP provided counts of non-citizens based on country of current citizenship. Tis is a change from previous years, when BOP counts were based on country of birth. Non-U.S. citizens held in local jails under the jurisdiction of state correctional authorities are excluded from totals, unless otherwise noted. Four states did not report prisoners’ citizenship status, the largest of which was New Mexico.

Estimating ofense distribution in the state and federal prison populations by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age

BJS employed a ratio adjustment method to weight the individual-level ofense data from the NCRP to the state prison control totals for sex and the estimated race or Hispanic origin from the NPS, which yielded a national ofense distribution for state prisoners. Prisoners missing ofense data were excluded from the analysis prior to the weighting. Because data submission for the NCRP typically lags behind that of the NPS, state ofense distribution estimates are published for the previous calendar year.

Data presented in tables 14 and 15 are obtained from the FJSP, and counts are based on prisoners who were convicted and sentenced to any length of time, including those sentenced to one year or less, and were under federal jurisdiction on September 30, 2017. Data are limited to prisoners sentenced on U.S. district court commitments or District of Columbia superior court commitments and to prisoners returned to federal custody following violations of probation (both federal and District of Columbia), parole, supervised release, or mandatory release. Estimates in tables 14 and 15 difer from previously published federal ofense distributions presented in the FJSP web tool (https://www.bjs.gov/ fsrc/) or Federal Justice Statistics bulletins and statistical tables on the BJS website because these publications exclude District of Columbia prisoners. Because FJSP is a custody collection, the total count of prisoners in tables 14 and 15 difers from the jurisdiction count of prisoners reported to the NPS. Te race and Hispanic origin distribution for tables 14 and 15 have not been adjusted to self-report distributions because the adjustment to the total population made in earlier tables is based on prisoners sentenced to more than one year.

Reported race and Hispanic origin

� State DOCs and the BOP reported the race and Hispanic origin distribution of their prison populations (see appendix table 2).

� Tese data are administrative in nature and may not refect prisoners’ self-identifcation of race or Hispanic origin.

Prison capacities

State and federal correctional authorities provide three measures of their facilities’ capacity: design, operational, and rated capacity. Prison population estimates as a percentage of capacity are based on a state or federal custody population. In general, state capacity and custody counts exclude prisoners held in private facilities, although six states include prisoners held in private or local facilities as part of the capacity of their prison systems: Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota. For these states, prison population as a percentage of capacity includes prisoners held in the states’ private facilities or local facilities.

Military correctional data

BJS obtains an annual aggregate count of service personnel held under military jurisdiction, as well as limited demographic and ofense data from the Ofce of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Te Department of Defense disaggregates these data by the branch in which prisoners served, the branch having physical custody of the prisoner, and whether the prisoner was an ofcer or enlisted.

U.S. territories

Data on prisoners under the jurisdiction of U.S. territorial correctional authorities are collected separately from state and federal NPS data, and U.S. totals in this report exclude territorial counts. Tree territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) did not provide 2017 NPS data. Data from prior years and alternate sources are shown in table 20.

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National Prisoner Statistics program jurisdiction notes Tese notes are provided to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) by state departments of corrections (DOC) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as part of the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) data collection. Notes are presented mostly verbatim and were generally edited only for misspellings and to order comments per questions. Not all jurisdictions comment on every question. Respondents are encouraged to describe other types of admissions and releases specifc to their system, and these are summarized in these jurisdiction notes and included in the totals in table 7.

Alabama—Other admissions included reopened cases. Prisons were not recently rated for ofcial capacity. Te majority of Alabama prisons were overcrowded. As of 2017, a total of 25,784 beds were in operation, which represented the physical capacity for prisoners but was not based on stafng, programs, and services. Te operating capacity difered from BJS’s defnition.

Alaska—Other conditional releases included ofenders released due to suspended sentences. Te Alaska DOC does not have capacity levels by gender. Te design capacity is 4,664. Te rated capacity is 4,838. Te rated population capacity does not include non-traditional confnement such as halfway houses or electronic monitoring.

Arizona—Jurisdiction counts were based on custody data and prisoners in contracted beds. Tese counts excluded prisoners held in other jurisdictions because Arizona receives an equal number of prisoners to house from other jurisdictions. Arizona abolished parole in 1994, so only prisoners released prior to 1994 were on parole. Because community supervision prisoners were supervised as parolees, both parolees and community supervision violators were included in admissions as parole violators. Other admissions included persons returned from deportation. Other unconditional releases included prisoners released by the court. Other conditional releases included those on to other community supervision programs. Prison capacities included the capacity of private prisons in Arizona.

Arkansas—No notes.

California—Custody counts included out-of-state correctional facility contracted beds, community correctional facility private contract beds, and private work furlough prisoners. Other conditional releases included boarders from county correctional facilities. Other releases included prisoners released under

California’s Public Safety Realignment law (A.B. 109). Citizenship data were extracted from a report published by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Ofce of Research (https://sites.cdcr. ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/07/ Ofender-Data-Points-as-of-December-31-2017-1. pdf ) and represented the country of birth as reported by prisoners. Per California, this does not refect documentation of current citizenship status.

Colorado—Jurisdiction and custody counts included a small, undetermined number of prisoners with a maximum sentence of one year or less, and 205 males and fve females who were part of the Youthful Ofender System. Prisoners reported as housed in privately operated correctional facilities were under Federal Transfer and Interstate Compact programs and were not reported in the department’s population and capacity counts. Jurisdiction population counts included a small number of prisoners from other states admitted under the interstate compact agreement. Release counts excluded prisoners who were absent without leave (AWOL) or had escaped. Other releases included discharges from youthful ofender systems. Prison design capacity is based on data from the Colorado DOC’s annual statistical report. Previous years’ design capacity fgures were set equal to operational capacity.

Connecticut—Prisons and jails formed one integrated system. All NPS data included jail and prison populations. New court commitment admissions included prisoners who were admitted on accused status but received a sentence later in the year. Other admissions included persons returned to prison without prejudice. Counts of other types of admissions and releases included persons with legitimate types of prison entries and exits that did not match BJS categories. Legislation in July 1995 abolished the capacity law, making a facility’s capacity a fuid number based on the needs of the department. Te needs were dictated by security issues, populations, court decrees, legal mandates, stafng, and physical plant areas of facilities that served other purposes or had been decommissioned. Te actual capacity of a facility was subject to change.

Delaware—Prisons and jails formed one integrated system. All NPS data included jail and prison populations. Capacity counts included the halfway houses under the Delaware DOC. Releases included ofenders who received a combined sentence (prison and parole) of more than one year.

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Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)—Data refected prisoners under BOP jurisdiction on December 30, 2017, except for tables 14 and 15, which cover September 30. Jurisdiction counts included prisoners housed in secure private facilities where the BOP had a direct contract with a private operator and prisoners housed in secure facilities where there was a subcontract with a private provider at a local government facility. Jurisdiction counts also included prisoners housed in jail or short-term detention and others held in state-operated or other non-federal secure facilities. BOP prisoners housed in state facilities are counted as being held in local or county-operated facilities. Counts included 7,022 prisoners (6,081 males and 941 females) held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections centers or halfway houses and 2,475 ofenders on home confnement (2,144 males and 331 females). A total of 42 juveniles (36 males and 6 females) were held in contract facilities. Tese juvenile prisoners were included in the jurisdiction and custody totals but excluded from the counts of privately or locally operated facilities. Some of these juveniles were under the jurisdiction of U.S. probation but housed in the custody of the BOP in contract facilities. Due to information system confguration, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders were combined, and prisoners of Hispanic origin were included in the racial categories. On December 31, 2017, the BOP held 55,946 male and 4,040 female prisoners of Hispanic origin. Parole violation counts included those with and without a new sentence. Other admissions included hospitalizations and treatment. Expirations of sentence included good conduct releases that usually had a separate and distinct term of supervision and releases from the residential drug abuse treatment program. Other releases included clemencies, compassionate releases, hospitalizations and treatment completed, and releases based on the amount of time served. On December 31, 2017, the BOP custody population was 155,006 prisoners (excluding contracted and private facilities) and the rated capacity was 135,792. Citizenship is being provided as it is recorded in the BOP data system, and is subject to verifcation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Florida—Data on race and Hispanic origin from 2016 and 2017 were not comparable to previous years’ data due to a change in reporting methods. Florida reported only admissions for prisoners with new sentences and did not report admissions of prisoners on technical violations. Other admissions included program supervision violations. Other unconditional releases included vacated sentences. Other conditional releases included provisional release supervision, conditional medical

releases, program supervision, mandatory conditional releases, conditional pardons, and parole reinstatements. Te number of deaths included three male executions. Reported operational capacity included the capacity of contracted institutions (8,696 males and 1,250 females), contracted drug facilities (225 males), and contracted work release facilities (1,684 males and 317 females), although BJS was able to remove these facilities from the calculations of percentage capacity. Contracted capacities are current as of December 31, 2017. Florida’s DOC revised the variables used to determine citizenship of prisoners in 2015. Terefore, estimates of non-U.S. citizens from afer 2014 were not comparable to previous years.

Georgia—Data refect the prison population during the last week of December 2017. Custody populations included both state prisons and county correctional institutions. Subtotals of gender, race, and sentence length, as well as custody counts, were adjusted using interpolation to match the overall totals. Counts of admissions and releases were adjusted using interpolation to balance the jurisdictional populations on January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017. Females were not housed in privately operated correctional facilities in Georgia. Capacity counts included state, county, and private prisons. Overall population was slightly lower again this year because Georgia’s criminal justice reform initiatives have impacted both the commitments and admissions of ofenders into the prison system.

Hawaii—Prisons and jails formed one integrated system. All NPS data included jail and prison populations. In custody and jurisdiction counts, sentenced felon probationers and probation violators were included with the counts of prisoners with a total maximum sentence of one year or less. Custody population counts for 2016 and 2017 were diferent because 248 sentenced felons and parole violators from Halawa Correctional Facility were transferred to Arizona while repairs were being done. Other unconditional releases included one dismissal. Other releases included prisoners released due to status change. Hawaii did not have a rated capacity for its integrated prison and jail system. Information on foreign nationals held in correctional facilities was based on self-reported data by prisoners.

Idaho—Counts were estimates based on live data with some changing variability over time due to the movement and processing of ofenders.

Illinois—Jurisdiction, custody population, admission, and release counts for prisoners with maximum sentences of more than one year included an

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undetermined number of prisoners with a one-year sentence. All Illinois DOC prisoners have a minimum sentence of one year. However, some prisoners are in custody for less than one year due to pre-trial time spent in local jail custody. Illinois DOC contracts with an outside vendor for two adult transition facilities (i.e., work release). Te department considers these ofenders in its custody and includes them in the daily population counts. Prisoners in other state or federal custody are tracked separately. Counts of admissions and releases included escapes from adult transition centers, where prisoners leave and return for work assignments. All escapees counted were from adult transition centers, and all returning escapees had escaped from these centers. Te Illinois DOC applied the term AWOL returns only to parolees who committed a subsequent technical violation or new ofense. Tese returns were included under parole violation admissions. Electronic detention prisoners were not included in the population total. Other unconditional releases included court orders. Te Illinois DOC method for determining rated capacity was under revision. Te department provided the ceiling operational capacity and defned this as the total number of beds in a facility.

Indiana—Custody, jurisdiction, admissions, release, and capacity counts included prisoners in two facilities owned by the state of Indiana but stafed by employees of a private correctional company. Other types of admissions included prisoners on active supervision or admitted as “safekeepers.”

Iowa—In 2009, the Iowa DOC began including ofenders on work release in the operating-while-intoxicated population. Iowa prisoners housed in out-of-state prisons were also included in the department’s jurisdiction counts. Iowa data included in BJS reports prior to 2009 were custody counts only. Te number of sentenced prisoners under Iowa jurisdiction who were transferred from other jurisdictions between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017, included ofenders transferring from other jurisdictions with an Iowa sentence. Counts of AWOL admissions and releases were of the work release (644 ofenders) and operating-while-intoxicated (96 ofenders) populations. Other conditional releases included persons released to special sentence supervision.

Kansas—Kansas does not house prisoners in privately operated facilities. Other admissions included sanctions from probation. Other unconditional releases included court appearance releases. Other conditional releases included supervised parole. Information on foreign nationals held in state correctional facilities was based

on self-reported data by prisoners, but an ICE agent is present when a facility’s reception and diagnostic unit interviews a prisoner, and the agent informs the Kansas DOC if the prisoner is a confrmed non-U.S. citizen.

Kentucky—Other types of admissions included special admissions, returns from active release, and returns from shock probation with additional sentence. Other types of unconditional releases included pardons. Other types of conditional prison releases included exits to home incarceration. Other releases included releases from jail and active releases.

Louisiana—Jurisdiction and capacity counts were correct as of December 27, 2017. Other types of unconditional releases included court orders and releases for good time with no supervision. Other types of conditional release included reinstatements to probation. Other types of release included compassionate releases.

Maine—No notes.

Maryland—Te number of prisoners with a maximum sentence of more than one year for the jurisdiction and custody measures was estimated by taking the percentage of prisoners with a maximum sentence of more than one year from the automated data and applying the percentage to the manual headcounts for the measure of interest (December 31 jurisdiction population, December 31 custody population). Any sentenced prisoners housed at the Baltimore City Detention Center or the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center were included in the jurisdiction and custody counts. Pre-trial prisoners at these facilities were excluded. Te unsentenced prisoners in Maryland’s custody on December 31, 2017, were all federal prisoners housed contractually at the Chesapeake Detention Facility. Te reported prisoners under Maryland’s jurisdiction who were housed in facilities operated by a county or local authority were sentenced to state prison by local jurisdictions and waiting to be transferred to Maryland DOC custody. Hispanic or Latino origin may have been underreported because records for existing prisoners were still being updated in the new information system. Due to implementation issues with a new information system, admissions and releases for 2017 were estimates. Te total number of new court commitments may have included a small, undetermined number of returns from appeal or bond. Mandatory release violators were included with parole violators. Maryland did not distinguish between AWOLs and escapees. Other unconditional releases included court ordered releases. Operational capacities included beds used for some Maryland pre-trial prisoners that were not counted in year-end counts (32 males). BJS removed these 32 individuals from the reported capacity fgures.

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Massachusetts—By law, ofenders in Massachusetts may be sentenced to terms of up to 2.5 years in locally operated jails and correctional institutions. Tis population was excluded from the state count but was included in published population counts and rates for local jails and correctional institutions. Jurisdiction counts excluded approximately 2,133 prisoners (2,057 males and 76 females) in the county system (local jails and houses of correction) who were serving a sentence of more than one year, but these prisoners were included in imprisonment rate calculations at the request of the Massachusetts DOC. Jurisdiction and custody counts may have included a small but undetermined number of prisoners who were remanded to court or transferred to the custody of another state, federal, or locally operated system and subsequently released. In 2017 there was a transition at Bridgewater State Hospital of patient care from the Massachusetts DOC to an outside contractor, although the Massachusetts DOC did not report these as private prisoners. Tere was a continued increase in prisoners transferred to local jails prior to their release from prison as part of a step-down initiative for re-entry. One juvenile under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts DOC and housed in a Massachusetts Department of Youth Services facility was included in the count of prisoners housed in other arrangements. Other admissions included returns from court-ordered release, and other unconditional releases included those ordered by courts. Due to the closing of facilities in 2017, the design capacity for the Massachusetts DOC decreased by 236 beds (from 7,728 to 7,492).

Michigan—Data recorded for Hispanics were treated as an ethnicity rather than a race, and reporting was optional. Terefore, the numbers for Hispanics were signifcantly underreported. Rather than reporting an incorrect number, the Michigan DOC included the relatively small number of cases recorded as Hispanic in the “white” category.

Minnesota—Minnesota measured only operational capacity.

Mississippi—Jurisdiction counts of local facilities included both local county jails and county regional facilities. Other types of admission and release to state prisons included data corrections because of a lag in processing. Other conditional releases included earned release supervision, house arrests, and medical releases. Total operational capacity on December 31, 2017, was 17,909. Tis capacity included county jails and county regional facilities.

Missouri—Other types of unconditional releases included those afer erroneous commitments, reversals, discharges from remand, and court-ordered discharges. Other types of conditional releases included parole board holdover returns. Other releases included revocations or remands of convictions. Te Missouri DOC did not have design capacity data for its older prisons or update design capacity for prison extensions or improvements. Missouri did not use a rated capacity. Te state defned operational capacity as the number of beds available, including those temporarily ofine. Non-U.S. citizen data were based on the number of ofenders with ICE detainers. Previously, the Missouri DOC had reported the number of foreign-born ofenders.

Montana—Te Montana DOC did not record Hispanic origin.

Nebraska—Other unconditional releases included vacated sentences. Nebraska defned operational capacity as its stress capacity, which was 125% of design capacity for designated facilities. Te total design and operational capacities for institutions that house females included one female multi-custody facility. Te Nebraska DOC operated two co-ed facilities, which represented a design capacity of 290 and was included in the male design and operational capacities. A 100-bed housing unit was added to one of the Nebraska DOC’s facilities in 2017.

Nevada—Other admissions included persons committed to the Nevada DOC through the Intermediate Sanction Probation; Safe Keeper-Boot Camp; Safe Keeper-pre-trial detainees, which include local jail inmates admitted to the Nevada DOC due to medical, behavioral, protective, or local stafng issues; persons ordered by judges to serve 6 months or less in prison prior to actual sentencing for felonies; and prisoners serving consecutive sentences in Nevada and another state but not physically in the custody of Nevada. Other unconditional releases included those made to the committing authority.

New Hampshire—Due to a change in its data-coding system, the New Hampshire DOC has been unable to report to the NPS the number of non-U.S. citizens in custody afer 2015.

New Jersey—Population counts for prisoners with a maximum sentence of more than one year included prisoners with sentences of one year. Te New Jersey DOC had no jurisdiction over prisoners with sentences of less than one year or unsentenced prisoners. Other types of unconditional releases included vacated and amended sentences and court-ordered releases. Reporting of other conditional releases included

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ofenders in intensive supervision programs. New Jersey data for escapes did not diferentiate between prisoners who disappeared from confned walls or disappeared while out of institutions. Other releases included prisoners transferred early from county jails into the state prison system before being released back to county jails, and other transfers.

New Mexico—State did not submit 2017 NPS data. BJS used the ofender population count reported on the New Mexico DOC’s website on January 3, 2018 (http://cd.nm. gov/index.html) as the total number of prisoners under state jurisdiction. See Methodology for the imputation strategy for non-reporting states.

New York—Other admissions included persons who returned to prison afer they were erroneously discharged.

North Carolina—As of December 1, 2011, North Carolina prisons no longer housed misdemeanor ofenders with sentences of fewer than 180 days. Captured escapees were not considered a prison admission type in North Carolina, and escape was not considered a type of prison release. Other admission types included direct receipt of ofenders through an interstate compact. Other types of unconditional releases included court orders and interstate compact releases. Supervised mandatory releases were post-release ofenders. Post-release supervision was defned as a reintegration program for serious ofenders who served extensive prison terms. Tis form of supervision was created by the state’s Structured Sentencing Act of 1993. Rated capacity was not available. Reported operational capacity included the capacity at a private facility that houses the female ofenders (30) included in the private state facilities, and BJS removed these from the calculations of percentage capacity.

North Dakota—State did not submit 2016 or 2017 NPS data. BJS imputed 2016 responses for North Dakota’s custody, jurisdiction, admission, and release fgures from the state’s online reports for 2016 (https://docr.nd.gov/ sites/www/fles/documents/statistics/factsheets/2016_ FACT_SHEET.pdf ) and 2017 (https://docr.nd.gov/sites/ www/fles/documents/statistics/factsheets/2017%20 12%2031%20FACT%20SHEET.pdf ). See Methodology for the imputation strategy for non-reporting states.

Ohio—Population counts for prisoners with a maximum sentence of more than one year included an undetermined number of prisoners with a sentence of one year or less. Admissions and releases reported by the Ohio DOC included all ofenders regardless

of sentence length. Returns and conditional releases involving transitional control prisoners were reported afer movement from confnement to a terminal release status occurred. Admissions of parole violators without a new sentence included only formally revoked violators. Other admission types include judicial release technical returns, previously included as conditional release violators without a new sentence. Escapes included non-confnement escapes. Other unconditional releases included vacated sentences and other court discharges. Other releases included administrative releases. Counts of non-U.S. citizens and prisoners age 17 or younger excluded prisoners housed in privately operated halfway houses.

Oklahoma—Most prisoners with sentences of one year or less were part of the Oklahoma Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults. On December 31, 2017, the number of prisoners under the Oklahoma DOC jurisdiction’s with a maximum sentence of more than one year included 1,086 males and 76 females who were waiting in county jails to be moved to state prisons. Te Oklahoma DOC did not include these in its reported jurisdiction counts, but per NPS defnitions, BJS added these individuals into the sentenced jurisdiction and total jurisdiction counts. Prisoners held by Oklahoma for other states were excluded from all jurisdiction counts. Jurisdiction counts included ofenders in Oklahoma’s DOC county jail program. Numbers reported in “escapes from confnement” represented escapes from state-run prisons and walkaways from halfway houses and community corrections or work centers. Only Oklahoma DOC facilities were included in the capacity counts. Non-U.S. citizen status was based on self-reported data by country of birth.

Oregon—State did not submit 2016 NPS data but updated 2016 population data on the 2017 NPS form. See Methodology for the imputation strategy for non-reporting states.

Pennsylvania—Other admissions included those from the state hospital and parole detainees. Other types of unconditional releases included vacated sentences and convictions. Other releases included transfers to other states and unknown other releases. Capacity counts included state correctional institutions, community corrections centers, community contract facilities, and contracted county jails. Community contract facilities were contracted out by the Pennsylvania DOC to private service providers, and it maintained contracted housing services with certain Pennsylvania county jails.

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Rhode Island—Prisons and jails formed one integrated system. All NPS data included jail and prison populations. Te Rhode Island data system recorded Hispanic origin as a race rather than an ethnicity and did not capture Native Hawaiians, Other Pacifc Islanders, or persons of two or more races, including those who may have identifed themselves as Hispanic second to another race. Prison admissions classifed as escape returns included ofenders serving out of state. Te Rhode Island DOC’s data system could not diferentiate between parole violation admissions with and without new sentences, which were all counted as new sentences. Other types of unconditional releases consisted of discharges at court, court-ordered discharges, and discharges out of state. Conditional releases included persons paroled to immigration or paroled out of state. Conditional releases of transfers to another jurisdiction included only persons serving a sentence out of state. Other types of conditional releases included discharges to the state’s Institute for Mental Health. Prison system capacity fgures were valid as of December 31, 2017. Te Rhode Island DOC no longer asks questions relating to citizenship at prison admission, but in previous years, the data were self-reported.

South Carolina—Te December 31, 2017, custody count of unsentenced prisoners included fve unsentenced males: one on observation status under the state’s Youthful Ofender Act (YOA) and four “safekeepers.” As of July 1, 2003, the South Carolina DOC began releasing prisoners due for release and housed in the department’s institutions on the frst day of every month. Since January 1, 2018, was a holiday, prisoners eligible for release on January 1 were released on December 31, 2017, causing the prisoner count to be at its lowest point for the month on December 31, 2017. All 24 prisoners (19 males and 5 females) housed in private facilities in South Carolina were in privately operated medical facilities. Prisoners (341 to 322 males and 19 females) reported as housed in local facilities for the South Carolina DOC were housed in designated facilities or considered absent with leave to local or county facilities. South Carolina did not have a specifc race code to designate persons identifying as two or more races. Tese individuals were included in other specifc race groups or labeled as “other race.” Other types of admissions included prisoners who were resentenced. Other types of unconditional releases consisted of remands. Other release types included persons who were resentenced. Tere were two paroling authorities within the adult correctional system in South Carolina: the Intensive Supervision Administrative Release Authority paroled 705 ofenders under the YOA in 2017, while the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole,

and Pardon Services paroled 1,009 non-YOA ofenders. Te state utilizes the operational capacity concept in its management reports and other requested surveys.

South Dakota—Custody and jurisdiction counts of prisoners serving a maximum sentence of one year or less included those under a probation sentence who, as a condition of probation, must serve up to 180 days in state prison. Te reporting system for the South Dakota DOC did not have a category for prisoners of two or more races. Tese prisoners were labeled as “other race.” Other admissions included parole or supervised release detainees. South Dakota did not separate discretionary and presumptive parole releases. Parole detainees were included in counts of other release types. Te operational capacity reported was planned capacity and included some ofenders housed in contractual beds at halfway houses.

Tennessee—Other conditional releases included ofenders who were released to community corrections. Te reported rated capacity of the Tennessee DOC included the rated capacity of four private prisons (8,091), which BJS removed from the calculations of percentage capacity. Te reported operational capacity included the operational capacity of four private prisons (7,742), which BJS removed from the calculations of percentage capacity.

Texas—Ofenders in custody were all those serving time in a facility owned and operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the time of data collection. Jurisdiction counts included ofenders in custody and those held in privately operated prisons, intermediate-sanction facilities, punishment facilities for substance-abuse felonies, and halfway houses; temporarily released to a county for less than 30 days; and awaiting paperwork for transfer to state-funded custody. Capacities excluded county jail beds because those correctional facilities did not have a minimum or maximum number of beds available for paper-ready and bench-warrant prisoners. Admissions and releases included ofenders received into an intermediate sanction facility, which was a sanction in lieu of revocation. Tese ofenders were counted in the parole violator category, although these were not revocations. Other conditional releases included discretionary mandatory releases. Executions were included in releases due to death. Other admissions and other release types included transfers between divisions. Te methodology for foreign ofenders was changed to include private facilities, as instructed by BJS. In prior years, this number was calculated using the custody population which excluded private facilities.

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Utah—Other types of unconditional release included court-ordered releases and discharges of cases or prisoner holds.

Vermont—Prisons and jails formed one integrated system. All NPS data included jail and prison populations. Te Vermont DOC did not report data on admissions and releases in 2015, 2016, or 2017. BJS assumed that the number of admissions in 2017 was equal to the number in 2016 and that the decrease in the jurisdiction population was due solely to an increase in releases in 2016. Admission and release type distributions were assumed to be the same in 2017 as in 2016.

Virginia—Jurisdiction counts were for December 31, 2017. As of September 1, 1998, the state was responsible for prisoners with a sentence of more than one year or a sentence of 12 months plus one day. Prior to September 1, 1998, the state had been responsible for a sentence of more than one year, while local authorities were responsible for a sentence of 12 months or less. Jurisdiction, custody, and race and Hispanic origin counts for 2017 were preliminary and will change. Native Hawaiians and Other Pacifc Islanders were included in the Asian racial category. Counts of admissions and releases were preliminary fscal-year 2017 fgures. Other conditional releases included persons released conditionally as sexually violent predators and persons released on conditional pardons or clemency. Te Virginia DOC revised its method of reporting prison capacity in 2014 to match BJS defnitions. As a result, comparisons should not be made to estimates before 2014. Te counts excluded beds assigned to institutional hospitals that may not be designated as male or female only and detention and diversion centers.

Washington—Admission and release counts for conditional releases included ofenders who did not receive a sentence of more than one year. Admission and release counts of conditional release violators included ofenders who received probation sentences and were sent to county jails for a term of less than 30 days for violating their probation conditions. Other unconditional releases included vacated sentences.

West Virginia—Other types of admissions and releases included those to and from the Anthony Center for Young Adults and Diagnostics. Other types of unconditional releases included court-ordered releases.

Wisconsin—Consistent with the method used to generate population estimates in 2016, the Wisconsin DOC used the time between a prisoner’s admission date and maximum discharge date to determine sentence length for year-end counts. If a maximum discharge date was not recorded, the mandatory release date was used. If the mandatory release date was not recorded, the prisoner’s release date was used. Terefore, this may not accurately refect whether the prisoner was initially sentenced to one year or less or to more than one year. Custody measures included prisoners without Wisconsin sentences who were physically housed in a Wisconsin prison. Jurisdiction measures included prisoners with Wisconsin sentences, regardless of where the prisoners were physically located. Unsentenced prisoners included those who had not yet had data entered refecting their mandatory release date and maximum discharge date and some ofenders temporarily held in the Milwaukee facility. An ofender on a temporary hold who was on probation did not have a mandatory release date or maximum discharge date.

Te same time intervals used to determine sentence length for year-end counts were used to determine sentence length for admissions totals, while the time between a prisoner’s admission date and release date was used to determine sentence length for the releases total. Terefore, admissions and releases totals may not accurately refect whether a prisoner was initially sentenced to one year or less or to more than one year. Other conditional releases included alternatives to revocation. Other types of releases included those released afer erroneous admission.

Wyoming—Other unconditional releases included those that were court-ordered or mandated.

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APPENDIX TABLE 1 Imprisonment rates of sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, per 100,000 U.S. residents, 1978–2017 Year All ages Age 18 or older 1978 131 183 1979 133 185

138 191 1981 153 211 1982 170 232 1983 179 243 1984 187 254

201 272 1986 216 293 1987 230 311 1988 246 331 1989 274 369

295 398 1991 311 420 1992 330 446 1993 360 486 1994 389 526

411 556 1996 427 577 1997 444 599 1998 463 623 1999 476 640

470 632 2001 470 630 2002 477 639 2003 483 645 2004 487 649

492 655 2006 501 666 2007 506 670 2008 506 669 2009 504 665

500 656 2011 492 644 2012 479 626 2013 479 623 2014 471 611

459 595 2016 450 582 2017 440 568 Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 1978–2017; and U.S. Census Bureau, post-censal resident population estimates for January 1 of the following calendar year.

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APPENDIX TABLE 2 Prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by race and Hispanic origin, December 31, 2017

Native

Jurisdiction Federalb,c

Total 183,058

Whitea

50,595 Blacka

67,818 Hispanic

58,446

American Indian/ Alaska Nativea

3,730 Asiana

2,469

Hawaiian/ Other Pacifc Islandera

/

Two or more racesa

~ Othera

~ Unknown

/

Did not report

0 State

Alabama 27,608 12,600 14,857 0 2 3 0 0 0 146 0 Alaska 4,399 1,928 486 131 1,611 140 71 ~ ~ 32 0 Arizona 42,030 16,365 5,930 16,503 2,281 198 0 0 670 17 66 Arkansas 18,070 9,942 7,387 587 58 70 8 0 16 2 0 California 131,039 27,811 37,336 57,032 1,476 1,415 355 0 5,614 0 0 Colorado 19,946 9,175 3,493 6,264 666 223 / / / 3 122 Connecticut 14,040 4,411 5,765 3,749 45 68 0 0 / 2 0 Delaware Floridad

6,443 98,504

2,399 39,443

3,722 46,493

312 12,207

1 85

5 21

0 11

0 0

0 239

4 5

0 0

Georgia 53,667 19,160 32,243 1,985 24 180 1 61 ~ 13 0 Hawaii 5,630 1,414 230 137 25 946 2,332 188 ~ 358 0 Idaho 8,579 6,374 242 1,389 331 38 2 / 92 111 0 Illinois 41,471 12,456 23,365 5,341 61 149 0 39 / 16 44 Indiana 26,024 15,910 8,826 1,067 47 64 12 83 ~ 15 0 Iowa 9,024 5,993 2,183 617 155 76 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas 9,971 5,684 2,761 1,223 201 90 0 0 1 11 0 Kentucky 23,543 17,858 5,017 328 14 0 0 264 32 26 4 Louisiana 33,739 11,109 22,477 36 24 40 51 0 2 ~ 0 Maine 2,404 1,943 216 118 71 12 0 17 0 27 0 Marylande 19,367 4,879 13,427 679 103 46 13 / 191 29 0 Massachusetts 9,133 3,956 2,485 2,398 56 126 0 0 112 0 0 Michigane 39,666 17,476 21,060 276 424 106 21 0 0 303 0 Minnesota 10,708 4,978 3,654 734 1,046 275 / / / 21 0 Mississippi 19,103 6,910 11,936 177 27 45 0 0 ~ 8 0 Missouri Montanaf

32,601 3,698

20,787 2,774

10,973 91

594 ~

114 817

77 16

/ 0

/ 0

/ 0

56 0

0 0

Nebraska 5,313 2,788 1,515 708 218 39 4 / 33 8 0 Nevada 13,671 5,931 4,196 2,802 242 334 74 80 0 12 0 New Hampshire 2,750 2,408 130 92 3 19 0 ~ 24 74 0 New Jersey 19,585 4,185 11,997 3,126 11 123 0 / 0 143 0 New Mexicog 7,276 1,798 512 4,269 500 20 15 0 0 162 0 New York 49,461 12,016 23,820 12,027 406 245 / / 704 243 0 North Carolina 36,394 14,248 19,042 1,904 946 100 22 / ~ 132 0 North Dakotag 1,723 1,133 136 98 342 8 0 6 0 0 0 Ohio 51,478 26,454 23,216 1,365 84 68 / / 291 / 0 Oklahoma 28,143 14,529 7,096 2,055 3,133 79 31 ~ 58 0 1,162 Oregon 15,218 11,303 1,385 1,857 433 227 7 ~ ~ 6 0 Pennsylvania 48,333 20,577 22,591 4,802 45 125 ~ 0 0 193 0 Rhode Islandc 2,861 1,243 823 700 22 43 / / 29 1 0 South Carolina 19,906 7,266 12,001 459 25 22 1 / 132 0 0 South Dakota 3,970 2,196 307 140 1,301 19 2 0 5 0 0 Tennessee 28,980 16,214 12,071 576 36 83 / / / 0 0 Texas 162,523 53,771 53,467 54,373 129 557 0 0 226 0 0 Utah 6,443 4,120 441 1,262 310 73 130 0 0 107 0 Vermont 1,546 1,355 173 12 5 0 1 0 ~ 0 0 Virginiac 37,158 14,291 19,659 897 29 147 ~ ~ ~ 2,135 0

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APPENDIX TABLE 2 (continued) Prisoners under jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by race and Hispanic origin, December 31, 2017

Native American Hawaiian/ Indian/ Other Pacifc Two or Did not

Jurisdiction Total Whitea Blacka Hispanic Alaska Nativea Asiana Islandera more racesa Othera Unknown report Washington 19,656 11,734 3,461 2,552 934 774 / / 53 148 0 West Virginia 7,092 6,115 863 42 8 7 2 55 0 0 0 Wisconsin 23,945 10,922 9,852 1,992 900 266 ~ / / 13 0 Wyoming 2,473 1,877 124 311 144 5 9 0 3 0 0

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional ofcials over a prisoner, regardless of where the prisoner is held. Federal data include prisoners held in non-secure, privately operated community corrections facilities and juveniles held in contract facilities. Estimates were provided by state and federal departments of corrections’ administrative record systems and may not refect prisoners’ self-identifcation of race/Hispanic origin. State, federal, and national totals by race/Hispanic origin difer from other tables in this report due to adjustments made by BJS in other tables to correct for diferences between administrative records and prisoner self-reported data of race/Hispanic origin. ~Not applicable. State does not track this race/Hispanic origin. /Not reported. aExcludes persons of Hispanic/Latino origin (e.g., white refers to non-Hispanic white; black refers to non-Hispanic black). See Methodology. bThe Federal Bureau of Prisons does not separate out persons of Hispanic origin from the individual racial categories when reporting to the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS). To do so, BJS used data from the 2017 Federal Justice Statistics Program (preliminary). cAsians, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacifc Islanders were combined in a single category and reported as Asian. dFlorida counts from 2017 are not comparable to counts from years before 2016 due to a change in reporting methodology in 2016. See Jurisdiction notes. ePersons of Hispanic origin may be undercounted due to ongoing changes in information systems. fPrisoners of Hispanic origin are included in Montana’s individual racial categories. gState did not submit 2017 NPS data on race/Hispanic origin. Counts were imputed. See Methodology. Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Prisoner Statistics, 2017; and Federal Justice Statistics Program, 2017 (preliminary).

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Te Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal ofenders, victims of crime, correlates of crime, and the operation of criminal and civil justice systems at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. BJS collects, analyzes, and disseminates reliable statistics on crime and justice systems in the United States, supports improvements to state and local criminal justice information systems, and participates with national and international organizations to develop and recommend national standards for justice statistics. Jefrey H. Anderson is the director.

Tis report was written by Jennifer Bronson and E. Ann Carson. Zhen Zeng and Stephanie Mueller verifed the report.

Edrienne Su and Jill Tomas edited the report. Tina Dorsey produced the report.

April 2019, NCJ 252156

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