Jails

DEATHS IN LOCAL JAILS AND STATE PRISONS INCREASED FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

WASHINGTON – For the third consecutive year the number of inmates who died in state prisons and local jails...

THE NATION'S JAILS HELD FEWER INMATES AT MIDYEAR 2014 COMPARED TO
THEIR PEAK COUNT IN 2008

WASHINGTON – County and city jails held an estimated 744,600 inmates at midyear 2014, which was significantly lower than the peak population of 785,500...

2,239 INMATES IN INDIAN COUNTRY JAILS IN 2011, UP 5.7 PERCENT FROM 2010

WASHINGTON­ – At midyear 2011, a total of 2,239 inmates were confined in Indian country jails, a 5.7 percent increase from the 2,119 inmates confined at...

INMATE POPULATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY JAILS INCREASED 1.9 PERCENT IN 2009

Nationwide American Indians and Alaska Natives in prison or jail or
under community supervision increased 5.6 percent in 2009

WASHINGTON–The inmate population in Indian country jails increased 1.9...

U.S. JAIL POPULATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE

WASHINGTON – The U.S. local jail inmate population has declined for the second consecutive year, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The jail population declined by 2.4 percent in...

NUMBER OF DEATHS IN LOCAL JAILS DECLINED IN 2008 AND 2009

Mortality rate in state prisons stable since 2003

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today that in 2009 both the rate and number of deaths...

INDIAN COUNTRY JAIL POPULATION DECLINED 2.6 PERCENT BETWEEN 2009 AND 2010

Nearly 80,000 American Indians/Alaska Natives were under correctional supervision in the U.S.

WASHINGTON­ – At midyear 2010 a total of 2,119 inmates were held in Indian country jails...

MORTALITY RATES IN LOCAL JAILS AND PRISONS DROPPED IN 2010

WASHINGTON– During 2010, 4,150 inmates died while in the custody of local jails and state prisons—a five percent decline from 2009, according to a report released today by the...

INMATES WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS REPORTED HIGH RATES OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN 2011-12

WASHINGTON – Prison and jail inmates identified with mental health problems reported higher rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization than inmates without a mental health problem, according...

NUMBER OF JAIL DEATHS AT LOWEST RECORDED LEVEL DURING 2011

State prison deaths up four percent

WASHINGTON – In 2011, 885 inmates died in the custody of local jails, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today...

INDIAN COUNTRY JAIL INMATE POPULATION INCREASED ABOUT SIX PERCENT FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

WASHINGTON­ – At midyear 2012, a total of 2,364 inmates were confined in Indian country jails, a 5.6 percent increase from the 2,239 inmates confined at...

U.S. JAIL POPULATION DECLINES FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR  

WASHINGTON – The U.S. jail inmate population declined for a third consecutive year, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. From June 2010 to June...