National Prisoner Statistics from DOJ BJS

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December 8, 2009
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Publications

"Prisoners in 2008" is available online at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p08.htm.

Presents data on prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities on December 31, 2008, collected from the National Prisoner Statistics series.

"Probation and Parole in the United States, 2008" is available online at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ppus08.htm.

Presents the number of adults under community supervision (probation or parole) at year end 2008 and the growth rates in these populations during the year and since 2000.