Jail Inmates at Midyear 2007
Source: William J. Sabol and Todd D. Minton, Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, NCJ 221945, June 2008
On June 29, 2007, the number of inmates held in local jails reached 780,581, an increase of 1.9% (or 14,571 inmates) since June 30, 2006 (figure 1). Between 2000 and 2007 the percent number of inmates confined in the nation's jails increased change at an average annual rate of 3.3%. With the exception of 2005, the rate of growth in the jail inmate population has declined every year since 2002. Growth slowed from 2.5% in 2006 to 1.9% in 2007. The rate of growth in the 12 months ending June 29, 2007 was the smallest annual growth rate in the jail population since 2001 and the second smallest since 1981.
See also:
Prison Inmates at Midyear 2007
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2006