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The bulletin summarizes 1992 growth, distribution between state and Federal systems, and regional differences in prisoner increases. 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During 1991 the number of  \nprisoners increased 6.6 percent,amounting to a  \nEXECUTIONS………………………………………………………………………………9  \nneed for almost 981 prison spaces every week.  \nCLIENT ADVOCACY: Conference Planned……………………10  \n\"The number of Federal and state prisoners  \nincreased by just under 168 percent from 1980  \nthrough 1992,\" noted Acting BJS Director Law-  \nrence A.Greenfeld.\"As of last December 31 the  \nBJS RELEASES RESULTS OF  \nnumber of prisoners sentenced to a year or more in  \nCOMPREHENSIVE SURVEY  \na state or Federal prison reached 329 per 100,000U.S. residents. The 1980 rate was 139 prisoners  \n# OF INMATE CHARACTERISTICS\n\nAn estimated 16 percent of prison inmates  \nper 100,000 inhabitants.  \nwere armed with a gun when they committed the  \n\"Drug offenders were a major source for  \noffense for which they were serving time, the  \nthe increased number of prisoners,\" Greenfeld  \nBureau of Justice Statistics(BJS) announced May  \n19. About half of the armed inmates (or about  \nsaid.  \neight percent of all prisoners) said they had fired  \nDuring 1990, the latest year for which the  \ntheir guns during the crime, and an estimated 23  \ninformation is available, drug crimes resulted in an  \npercent of all state prisoners had committed at least  \nestimated 103,800 people going to prison directly  \none current or past crime while armed.  \nfrom court(that is, not including parole violators).  \nFor the first time the number of admissions for  \nBJS, a Department of Justice agency, said  \nthe findings came from in-depth interviews in 1991  \ndrug offenses exceeded the number admitted to  \nprison for property crimes(102,400), violent  \nwith a nationally representative sample of almost  \ncrimes(87,200) or public-order offenses  \n14,000 state prisoners in 277 facilities in 45 states.  \n(26,200).  \nThere were 711,000 state inmates at the time.  \nSee INMATE SURVEY,page two)  \nCORRECTIONS DIGEST  \nIn addition to more people going toprison for drug crimes,the number imprisonedfor the serious crimes of murder,non-negligentmanslaughter,sexual assault,robbery,aggra-vated assault and burglary also rose.Thisgrowth reflected both a larger number of arrestsand a greater likelihood of arrestees going toprison.There were 40,000 more admissionsfor these serious crimes in 1990 than in 1980.  \nBJS said the total number of state andFederal prisoners as of December 31 of eachyear during the last 12 years and the annualpercentage increases were as follows:  \n1980…     …329,8211981…   ……369,93012.2%1982……………413,80611.91983……   …436,8555.61984…  ……462,0025.81985……   …502,7528.81986………545.3788.51987…………585,2927.31988…   ……631,9908.01989…    …712,96712.81990……………73,1248.41991…     …824,1336.61992…    …83,5937.2  \nDuring 1992,the number of offendersincarcerated in state prisons increased 6.8percent to 803,334 and the number of Federalinmates grew 12.1 percent,reaching 80,259.By last December 31 the number of men instate and Federal prisons had grown 7.3 percentto 833,184,whereas the number of womenincarcerated grew by 5.9 percent,reaching  \n3  \n50,409.  \nPrison populations decreased last yea","cbCaidPG585v6mta","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidPG585v6mta","pdf",2845193,11,"English","# In This Issue\n## Number of State and Federal Inmate Population Reaches New High\n## BJS Releases Survey and Comprehensive Survey Results\n## Inmate Characteristics\n## Corrections Digest\n## Editor's Note and Publication Information","[{\"question\":\"What did BJS announce about inmate population levels as of Dec. 31, 1992?\",\"answer\":\"BJS announced that the state and Federal inmate population reached a new high of 883,593 men and women.\"},{\"question\":\"How did BJS describe the growth drivers for increased prisoner admissions?\",\"answer\":\"The bulletin links growth to more people going to prison for drug crimes and increases in admissions for serious crimes, reflecting both larger arrest numbers and a higher likelihood of imprisonment.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the inmate survey say about inmates who were armed during their offenses?\",\"answer\":\"About 16% of prison inmates were armed with a gun when committing the offense, with roughly half of those armed inmates reporting they had fired their guns during the crime.\"}]","BJS Announces - Inmate Population Reaches New High - May 19, 1993 | PDF",1790701874,28]