IT INCLUDES ALL INMATES DETAINED IN FACILITIES DIRECTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE, AS WELL AS THOSE HOUSED IN OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS. DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT THE 1974 CENSUS OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (ADVANCE REPORT PUBLISHED JULY 1975), THIS PUBLICATION EXAMINES THE DEGREE TO WHICH INMATES DISPLAYED SIMILARITIES AND DISSIMILARITIES WITH RESPECT TO DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, CRIMINAL AND CORRECTIONAL BACKGROUND, ADJUDICATION EXPERIENCE, AND PRISON ROUTINE. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO PREINCARCERATION EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME, FREQUENCY OF DRUG USE, OFFENSE, LENGTH OF SENTENCE, AND PAROLE PATTERNS OF REPEAT OFFENDERS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) (SNI ABSTRACT)