NCJ Number
231681
Date Published
December 2010
Length
8 pages
Publication Series
Annotation
This bulletin contains data collected on correctional populations in the United States in 2009.
Abstract
Presents summary data on the number of adults under some form of correctional supervision in the United States at yearend 2009. Correctional supervision includes adults supervised in the community on probation or parole and those incarcerated in prison or local jails. The report provides a comparison between the change in the correctional population observed since 2000 and the changes observed during the 1980s and 1990s, which illustrates the slowing of growth in the population during each decade. It also includes the number of men and women under each correctional status and trend analysis of men and women under correctional supervision since 1990.
Date Published: December 1, 2010