From Bureau of Justice Statistics:
NCJ Number 309039
Author(s)
Zhen Zeng, PhD, BJS Statistician
Date Published June 2024
Publication Series Preliminary Data Release, Jail Inmates
Description
This web-only report provides preliminary statistics on key items from the annual jail data collection. Statistics include the number of inmates held in local jails, by inmate demographics and conviction status; the number of admissions to jail; and jail incarceration rates, between 2013 and 2023. Final statistics will be published in the forthcoming report, Jail Inmates in 2023 – Statistical Tables.
Highlights
At midyear 2023, local jails held 664,200 persons in custody, similar to the year before (663,100).
Jails reported 7.6 million admissions from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. While this represents a 4% increase over the 7.3 million admissions the year before, annual admissions were 35% lower than 10 years ago (11.7 million).
Local jails held 95,100 females at midyear 2023, accounting for 14% of the confined population.
At midyear 2023, 70% of the jail population (467,600) was unconvicted and awaiting court action on a current charge or being held in jail for other reasons. The remaining 30% (196,600) was convicted and either serving a sentence or awaiting sentencing on a conviction.
Read the full report here.
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