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2014 Corr. Populations U.S. 1 (2014)

handle is hein.death/cpopus0019 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau ofJustice Statistics Revised January 21, 2016 December 2015, NCJ 249513 Correctional Populations in the United States, 2014 Danielle Kaeble, Lauren Glaze, Anastasios Tsoutis, and Todd Minton, BIS Statisticians At yearend 2014, an estimated 6,851,000 persons were under the supervision of U.S. adult correctional systems, a decline of about 52,200 from 6,903,200 at yearend 2013 (figure 1). After peaking at 7,339,600 in 2007, the correctional population decreased each year by an average of 1.0%. By yearend 2014, the population declined by 0.8% to the lowest level observed in more than a decade (6,886,800 in 2003). About 1 in 36 adults in the United States was under some form of correctional supervision at yearend 2014. This was the lowest rate observed since 1996 (5,531,300) when about 1.3 million fewer offenders were under correctional supervision (not shown). This report summarizes data from several Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) correctional data collections to provide statistics on the total population supervised by adult correctional systems in the United States. (See Methodology for sources.) These systems include offenders living in the community while supervised by probation or parole agencies and those under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons or held in local jails. (See Terms and definitions for more information.) FIGURE 1 Estimated total population under the supervision of U.S. adult correctional systems, by correctional status, 2000-2014 Population (in millions) 8 7 6 4 Community supervision population' 3- 2 Incarcerated population 1 00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 Note: Estimates were rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates may not be comparable to previously published BJS reports because of updated information or rounding. Includes estimates for nonresponding jurisdictions. Detail may not sum to total due to adjustments to account for offenders with multiple correctional statuses. See Methodology. aIncludes persons living in the community while supervised on probation or parole. bincludes inmates under the jurisdiction of state or federal prisons or held in local jails. Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Probation Survey, Annual Parole Survey, Annual Survey of Jails, Census of Jail Inmates, and National Prisoner Statistics program, 2000-2014. HIGHLIGHTS Adult correctional systems supervised an estimated 6,851,000 persons at yearend 2014, about 52,200 fewer offenders than at yearend 2013. About 1 in 36 adults (or 2.8% of adults in the United States) was under some form of correctional supervision at yearend 2014, the lowest rate since 1996. The correctional population has declined by an annual average of 1.0% since 2007. The community supervision population (down 1.0%) continued to decline during 2014, accounting for all of the decrease in the correctional population. The incarcerated population (up 1,900) slightly increased during 2014. Between 2007 and 2014, about 88% of the decrease in the correctional population (down 488,600 offenders) was attributed to the decline in the probation population. Seven jurisdictions accounted for almost half (48%) of the U.S. correctional population at yearend 2014. Nearly all (47) jurisdictions had a larger proportion of their correctional population supervised in the community at yearend 2014 than incarcerated in prison or local jail. BJ~