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This report is the 23rd in a series that began in 1985. It provides statistics on populations supervised by adult correctional systems in the United States, including?
- persons held in prisons or jails
- those supervised in the community on probation or parole
- the size of the correctional populations at year-end 2017 and year-end 2018
- changes in populations over time.
Findings are based on data from BJS?s National Prisoner Statistics program; Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey; Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country; Annual Survey of Jails; and Mortality in Correctional Institutions (formerly the Deaths in Custody Reporting Program).
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2017-2018 (NCJ 252157) was written by BJS Statisticians Laura M. Maruschak and Todd D. Minton.?The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS?s statistical publications and programs are available at www.bjs.gov.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Jeffrey H. Anderson is the director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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