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INMATE INCIDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS, CALENDAR YEAR 1990

NCJ Number
143883
Date Published
1991
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This report presents statistics on inmate assaults on other inmates and on correctional personnel during 1990 in California.
Abstract
A total of 4,184 inmate incidents occurred in institutions and camps during the year, a decrease of 19.2 percent from 1989. The rate of incidents declined to 4.5 per average daily institutional population, a decline for the sixth consecutive year. The highest rate was 12.7 in 1984. Assaults accounted for 55 percent of the incidents. Eleven male inmates were fatally assaulted. Eight hundred fifty- eight assaults on staff took place, of which 23.4 percent involved the use of weapons by inmates. Tables showing trends since 1981 and data for individual institutions