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Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998

NCJ Number
173414
Author(s)
D. K. Gilliard
Date Published
March 1999
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This report describes inmates in Federal and State prisons and local jails as of midyear 1998.
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