Louisiana leads the nation in incarceration rates
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Did You Know…
- That Louisiana leads the nation in incarceration rates? According to the Pew Center for States, one in 55 Louisianans is behind bars.
- Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, and a former assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish, who is now speaker pro tem of the Louisiana State House, has stated that he often saw men and women draw 20-year sentences for “one small crack of rock” because it was their fourth drug offense. According to Rep. Leger a single 20-year jail sentence costs taxpayers roughly $600,000.
- Inmate Population according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons:
Inmate Breakdown
Inmates By Security Level
Minimum:
17.3 %
Low:
39.7 %
Medium:
28.9 %
High:
11.0 %
Unclassified1:
3.0 %
Inmates By Gender
Male:
196,912
(93.3 %)
Female:
14,238
(6.7 %)
Inmates By Race
White:
125,844
(59.6 %)
Black:
78,323
(37.1 %)
Native American:
3,882
(1.8 %)
Asian:
3,101
(1.5 %)
Ethnicity
Hispanic:
73,800
(35.0 %)
Inmate Age
Average Inmate Age:
40
Citizenship
United States:
156,930
(74.3 %)
Mexico:
37,974
(18.0 %)
Colombia:
2,120
(1.0 %)
Cuba:
1,475
(0.7 %)
Dominican Republic:
2,065
(1.0 %)
Other/Unknown:
10,586
(5.0 %)
1These inmates have not yet been assigned a security level.
Sentence Imposed
Less than 1 year:
4,973
(2.5 %)
1-3 years:
23,751
(11.8 %)
3-5 years:
28,459
(14.2 %)
5-10 years:
57,689
(28.7 %)
10-15 years:
40,818
(20.3 %)
15-20 years:
18,874
(9.4 %)
More than 20 years:
20,089
(10.0 %)
Life:
6,133
(3.1 %)
Death:
57
* Data is only calculated for cases where sentencing information is available.
Types of Offenses
Drug Offenses:
100,026
(50.1 %)
Weapons, Explosives, Arson:
30,617
(15.3 %)
Immigration:
21,933
(11.0 %)
Robbery:
7,651
(3.8 %)
Burglary, Larceny, Property Offenses:
7,646
(3.8 %)
Extortion, Fraud, Bribery:
10,793
(5.4 %)
Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Kidnapping Offenses:
5,581
(2.8 %)
Miscellaneous:
1,571
(0.8 %)
Sex Offenses:
11,728
(5.9 %)
Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement:
809
(0.4 %)
Courts or Corrections:
642
(0.3 %)
Continuing Criminal Enterprise:
482
(0.2 %)
National Security:
80
(0.0 %)
* Data calculated for those with offense-specific information available.
- Bureau of Justice Statistics:
Highlights:
- The U.S. prison population declined for the third consecutive year in 2012, from a high of 1,615,487 inmates in 2009 to 1,571,013 at year end 2012.
- The U.S. imprisoned 27,770 fewer prisoners (down 1.7%) at yearend 2012 than at yearend 2011.
- The federal prison population increased by 1,453 prisoners in 2012 (up 0.7%), while the state prison population declined by 29,223 prisoners (down 2.1%).
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http://www.bop.gov/news/quick.jsp
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? According to the Pew Center for States, one in 55 Louisianans is behind bars.
- Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, and a former assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish, who is now speaker pro tem of the Louisiana State House, has stated that he often saw men and women draw 20-year sentences for “one small crack of rock” because it was their fourth drug offense. According to Rep. Leger a single 20-year jail sentence costs taxpayers roughly $600,000.
- Inmate Population according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons:
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- Bureau of Justice Statistics:
Highlights:
- The U.S. prison population declined for the third consecutive year in 2012, from a high of 1,615,487 inmates in 2009 to 1,571,013 at year end 2012.
- The U.S. imprisoned 27,770 fewer prisoners (down 1.7%) at yearend 2012 than at yearend 2011.
- The federal prison population increased by 1,453 prisoners in 2012 (up 0.7%), while the state prison population declined by 29,223 prisoners (down 2.1%).
Read more Bureau of Prison…
http://www.bop.gov/news/quick.jsp
Read more Bureau of Justice Statistics:
