Who is going to prison (national statistics on state prisons)?
Male: Female ratio is 10:1 The age of offenders is generally between 18 and 35 years on reception In terms of Race, 29% of African American men will serve time in prison compared to 16% Hispanic males and 4% white males. At the end of the year 2001, 10% of the African American males between the ages 25-29 was in prison compared to 2.9% of Hispanic males and 1.2% white males. In 1991, it was found that 600,000 juveniles were under some type of correctional supervision, 17% of which were in prisons, juvenile detention facilities, or jails Based on the 2000 National Census, the percentage of violent offenders actually decreased by 57% since 1972. This does not mean that the number of violent offenses decreased. The decrease results because the number of non-violent offenses so greatly surpassed the violent ones (increase of 82% for violent offenses and increase of 207% for non-violent offenses since 1980). The number of drug offenders increased 1040% since 1980. Women prisoners (again, st
