Federal, District of Columbia, and States Future Prison and Correctional Institution Populations and Capacities

摘要

This report contains information on prison and correctional institution populations and capacities for the Federal Prison System, the District of Columbia, and the 50 states for the period 1983 through 1990. Projections of future populations with their estimates of future prison and correctional institution capacities are compared to (a) identify the potential deficit or surplus in prison and correctional institution bedspace and (b) estimate costs to reduce crowding through new prison construction or expansion projects assuming no alternatives to increasing prison capacity (such as expanded use of community treatment centers) were to be developed and implemented. Also, the methods and models used by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the District of Columbia in their prison population projections were examined.