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Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998

NCJ Number
173414
Date Published
March 1999
Annotation

Reports the number of inmates in State and Federal prisons and local jails at midyear 1998, the incarceration rate per 100,000 U.S. residents, the amount and percent of change for the year and for the previous 10 years, and the direction of the trends.

Abstract

Reports the number of inmates in State and Federal prisons and local jails at midyear 1998, the incarceration rate per 100,000 U.S. residents, the amount and percent of change for the year and for the previous 10 years, and the direction of the trends. The report also provides the number of persons supervised by jail authorities outside of jail facilities in programs such as electronic monitoring, house detention, community service, or work release

Date Published: March 14, 1999