NCJ Number
190687
Date Published
2001
Length
225 pages
Annotation
This report presents statistics on inmates in England and Wales for the year 2000.
Abstract
The average population in custody during 2000 was 64,600, a reduction of 0.3 percent from 1999 and 1 percent reduction from 1998. The average remand population for 2000 was 11,270, compared with 12,520 in 1999, a 10-percent decrease. The sentenced population increased by 2 percent between 1999 and 2000 from an average 51,690 to 52,690. Between 1999 and 2000, female inmates increased in number by 3 percent, from an average 3,250 to 3,350. Between 1999 and 2000, there were increases in the number of males serving sentences for motoring offenses, theft and handling, violence against the person, drug offenses, sexual offenses, and burglary; there were reductions in the numbers of males serving sentences for robbery, fraud, and forgery. In the 10 years since 1990, longer sentence inmates (over 4 years) have tended to increase as a proportion of all sentenced prisoners, increasing from 36 percent of all inmates in 1990 to 41 percent in 2000. In England and Wales, there were 124 inmates for every 100,000 members of the general population in 2000. This was the second highest among western European countries. Russia and the United States had the highest rates in the world, some six times higher than those in western Europe, Canada, and Australia. The data distinguished between adult and juvenile offenders and covered inmate ethnicity, nationality, and religion. Information was also provided on prison regimes, conditions, and costs. Statistics covered reconvictions of prisoners discharged from prison in 1997 as well as parole and home detention curfew. The two concluding chapters present Home Office research on prison-related topics and a directory of related Internet sites. A glossary and 37 notes