Observations 1% of adult males are serving federal or state prison sentences of greater than 1 year. Fifty-three percent of state prisoners are currently…
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Category: Corrections
659,000 Fewer People Under Correctional Supervision-Big Drops in Jail-Probation-Prison Populations
Author Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for the…
View More 659,000 Fewer People Under Correctional Supervision-Big Drops in Jail-Probation-Prison PopulationsVirginia’s Record Low Recidivism-Nobel Worthy or Shell Game?
Subtitles Virginia claims to have the lowest rate of returns to prison in the country. Virginia maintains a re-incarceration rate of 23.4 percent after three…
View More Virginia’s Record Low Recidivism-Nobel Worthy or Shell Game?77 Percent of Prisoners Arrested For Another Crime-Few Are Specialists
Subtitles 76.6% of state prisoners released in 30 states in were arrested for a new crime within 5 years of release. Compared to other inmates,…
View More 77 Percent of Prisoners Arrested For Another Crime-Few Are SpecialistsSome Offenders Believe That Justice Reforms Are BS
Subtitles: Are we playing a game of meaningless gestures? Is Ban the Box pointless? Is voting a hollow gesture? Offenders, criminals or justice-involved individuals; are…
View More Some Offenders Believe That Justice Reforms Are BSWhat Works in Parole and Probation-Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan
Subtitles Does parole and probation research show declines in arrests and reincarceration? What Works in Parole and Probation? Third in a series of articles…
View More What Works in Parole and Probation-Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry PlanAdvocates: Tell Us Who Belongs in Prison
Subtitles: Is the Door is Closing on the Criminal Justice Reform Movement? What Do Americans Want Regarding Prison Policy? What do Americans Want from Cops?…
View More Advocates: Tell Us Who Belongs in PrisonWhat Do Cops Want from Parole and Probation?
What Do Cops Want from Parole and Probation? By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies.…
View More What Do Cops Want from Parole and Probation?Do Prison Inmates Deserve Incarceration?
More Titles The American Prison Vote Project Are American prisons incarcerating the right people? Do violent or repeat offenders deserve prison? Article There are endless…
View More Do Prison Inmates Deserve Incarceration?College Educations in Prison: Misleading the Public?-Updated/Corrected
College Educations in Prison: Misleading the Public?-Updated/Corrected We strongly support programs in prison that offer a chance to end the monstrously high rate of return…
View More College Educations in Prison: Misleading the Public?-Updated/CorrectedDoes Occupational Training for Offenders Reduce Crime?
Prison Work Program Rated “No Effects” Minnesota’s Affordable Homes Program is a prison work program designed to increase the availability of affordable low-income housing while…
View More Does Occupational Training for Offenders Reduce Crime?Incarceration in the US Increases
Incarceration: Despite a decade of debate over the use (or overuse) of jails and prisons in the United States, incarceration (based on raw numbers of…
View More Incarceration in the US Increases6,000 federal inmates released– states affected
The US Sentencing Commission modified its guidelines affecting 46,000 federal inmates with drug distribution charges to be released (after judicial review) approximately two years early…
View More 6,000 federal inmates released– states affectedTwo-thirds of female inmates have chronic medical conditions
An estimated 40 percent of state and federal prisoners and jail inmates reported having a current chronic medical condition in the 2011–12 per the National…
View More Two-thirds of female inmates have chronic medical conditions1 in 35 adults in the US under correctional supervision
The female jail population has been the fastest growing correctional population. The number of persons under adult correctional supervision fell by 41,500 persons during 2013,…
View More 1 in 35 adults in the US under correctional supervisionReleased Prisoners Arrested or Returned to Incarceration
Crime in America.Net Notice: An updated version of this article is available at https://www.crimeinamerica.net/2010/09/29/percent-of-released-prisoners-returning-to-incarceration/. Updated in November of 2014. Update of a 2010 article. We have…
View More Released Prisoners Arrested or Returned to IncarcerationInmates Increase in US Prisons
U.S. state and federal prisons held an estimated 1,574,700 inmates on December 31, 2013, an increase of 4,300 prisoners over yearend 2012, the Justice Department’s…
View More Inmates Increase in US PrisonsSex Assaults in Prison-54 Percent of Staff Related Incidents Involved Female Employees
Correctional administrators reported 8,763 allegations of sexual victimization in prisons, jails and other adult correctional facilities in 2011, More than half (54 percent) of all substantiated incidents of staff sexual misconduct and a quarter (26 percent) of all incidents of staff sexual harassment were committed by female staff.
View More Sex Assaults in Prison-54 Percent of Staff Related Incidents Involved Female EmployeesLowest Number of US Prison Admissions Since 1999
In 2012, the number of admissions to state and federal prison in the United States was 609,800 offenders, the lowest number since 1999.
View More Lowest Number of US Prison Admissions Since 1999Seven Million People in US Adult Corrections
The total U.S. correctional population (on probation, parole, in prison or jail) decreased for the fourth consecutive year during 2012 (down 51,000 offenders or 0.7 percent), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was the smallest decrease in the population since 2009.
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