NPS-1B Nationa Prisoner Statistics Summary of Sentenced Populat

NPS-1B

OMB No. 1121-0102: Approval Expires xx/xx/xxxx

NPS-1B

RETURN U.S. Census Bureau
Governments Division
TO
Washington, DC 20233-6800

FORM
(1-31-2008)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Prisoner Statistics
Summary of Sentenced
Population Movement
2008

BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
and ACTING AS COLLECTING AGENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

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GENERAL INFORMATION
• If you have any questions, call the U.S. Census Bureau at 1–800–352–7229, or e-mail [email protected].
• Please complete the questionnaire before February 28, 2009 using the web-reporting option, by mailing the completed
form to the U.S. Census Bureau in the enclosed envelope, or by FAXing all pages to 1–888–891–2099.
• Please retain a copy of the completed form for your records.

What types of inmates are included?
Inmates under your jurisdiction on December 31, 2008
• INCLUDE inmates under your jurisdiction held in your prison facilities (e.g., prisons, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions; boot
camps; prison farms; reception, diagnostic, and classification centers; release centers, halfway houses, and road camps; forestry
and conservation camps; vocational training facilities; prison hospitals; and drug and alcohol treatment facilities for prisoners).
• INCLUDE inmates who are temporarily absent (less than 30 days), out to court, or on work release.
• INCLUDE inmates under your jurisdiction held in local jails, private facilities, and other States’ or Federal facilities.
• INCLUDE inmates in your facilities who are serving a sentence for your jurisdiction and another jurisdiction at the same time.
• EXCLUDE inmates held in your facilities for another jurisdiction.

Inmates under your custody on December 31, 2008
• INCLUDE all inmates held in your facilities.
• INCLUDE inmates housed in your facilities for other jurisdictions.
• EXCLUDE inmates held in local jails, private facilities, and facilities in other jurisdictions.

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REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS
• If you are unable to report an item using NPS definitions and reporting criteria, describe the definitions or
criteria you used in the NOTES section.
• If your jurisdiction, by law or regulation, cannot have the type of inmate described by an item, write "NA" (Not
Applicable) in the space provided.
• If your jurisdiction had the type of inmate but you are unable to determine the number separately by item,
report the combined count in one item, write "NR" (Not Reported) in the remaining items, and specify in
NOTES.
• If your jurisdiction can have the type of inmate described, but did not have any during
December 31, 2008, enter "0" (Zero) in the space provided.

SECTION I – YEAR-END PRISON COUNTS
1. On December 31, 2008, how many inmates under your
custody —
• Exclude inmates held in local jails, private facilities, and
facilities in other jurisdictions.

Data reported for December 31, 2007

• Include inmates held in any public facility run by your state,
including halfway houses, camps, farms, training/treatment
centers, and hospitals.

a. Had a total maximum
sentence of more than 1 year
(Include inmates with
consecutive sentences that add to
more than 1 year.)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Update as needed

b. Had a total maximum
sentence of 1 year or less

c. Were unsentenced
d. TOTAL
(Sum of items 1a to 1c)
Mark (X) this box if custody numbers for 2008 are not
comparable to 2007. Explain in NOTES.

2. On December 31, 2008, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction —
a. Had a total maximum
sentence of more than 1 year
(Include inmates with
consecutive sentences that add to
more than 1 year.)

Male

Female

Male

Female

Update as needed

b. Had a total maximum
sentence of 1 year or less

c. Were unsentenced
d. TOTAL
(Sum of items 2a to 2c)
Mark (X) this box if jurisdiction numbers for 2008 are not
comparable to 2007. Explain in NOTES.

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3. On December 31, 2008, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed in a privately operated
correctional facility —

Data reported for December 31, 2007

• Exclude inmates housed in any publicly operated facility, even
if under contract.
• Include inmates housed in any privately operated halfway
houses, treatment facilities, hospitals, or other special facility.
Male

Female

Male

Female

a. In your State

Update as needed

b. In another State
c. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

Male
1
2

Yes
No

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 3c is "NO", explain in the NOTES section.)

4. On December 31, 2008, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed in local facilities operated
by a county or other local authority?
• Exclude inmates housed in privately operated facilities
(reported in items 3a and 3b).
• Include inmates housed in local facilities under contract or
other arrangement.
Male
Female

Male

Female

a. TOTAL

Update as needed

(If "0" (zero), skip to item 5.)
b. Are these inmates included
in item 2?

Male
1
2

Yes
No

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 4b is "NO", explain in the NOTES section.)

5. On December 31, 2008, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were housed —
• Exclude inmates housed in privately operated facilities
(reported in items 3a and 3b) and inmates housed in local
jails (reported in item 4a).
Male
Female

Male

Female

a. In Federal facilities

Update as needed

b. In other States’ facilities —
• Include only those inmates housed in State-operated
facilities in other States.
Male
Female

Male

Female

Update as needed
(If "0"(zero) in items 5a and 5b, skip to item 6.)
Male
c. Are these inmates included
in item 2?
1
Yes
No
2

Female
1
2

Yes
No

(If item 5c is "NO", explain in the NOTES section.)
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SECTION I – YEAR-END PRISON COUNTS – Continued
6. On December 31, 2008, how many inmates under your
jurisdiction were —
Male
Female
a. White (not of Hispanic
origin.)
b. Black or African American
(not of Hispanic origin.)
c. Hispanic or Latino
(If your system records indicate
Hispanic origin separately from
race, enter "NR" in item 6c and
report counts in NOTES.)
d. American Indian/Alaska
Native

SECTION II – ADMISSIONS AND RELEASES DURING 2008
• Include only those inmates with a total maximum sentence of
more than 1 year.
• Include inmates under your jurisdiction, regardless of where
they are housed.
• Exclude short-term movements (less than 30 days) where
jurisdiction is retained (e.g., to court and on furlough.)

7. Between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008,
how many sentenced inmates under your jurisdiction
were admitted as —
Male
Female
a. New court commitments
(Include probation violators
entering prison on the probated
sentence.)
b. Parole violators —
(1) with a new sentence

e. Asian
f. Native Hawaiian or other
Pacific Islander

g. Two or more races
h. Additional categories in
your information system –
Specify

(2) Without a new sentence
(Include violators returned
without a new sentence,
those held pending a
hearing, and those not
formally revoked.)
c. Other conditional release
violators (Include returns
from mandatory release other
than parole, and shock
probation.)
(1) with a new sentence

(2) without a new sentence
i. Not known
j. TOTAL (Sum of items 6a to 6i
should equal item 2d)

d. Transfers from other
jurisdictions (Include inmates
received from other jurisdictions to
continue sentences already in
force.)
e. AWOL returns, with or
without new sentences
f. Escapee returns, with or
without new sentences
g. Returns from appeal or bond
(Include all inmates reinstated
after long-term absences of
more than 30 days.)
h. Other admissions – Specify

i. TOTAL
(Sum of items 7a to 7h)

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8. Between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008,
how many sentenced inmates released from your
jurisdiction were —
a. Unconditional releases
Male
(1) Expirations of sentence
(Include inmates who served
their maximum sentence
minus credits.)
(2) Commutations (Include
inmates whose sentence was
lowered to time served to
allow for an immediate
unconditional release.)
(3) Other unconditional
releases – Specify

Female

9. How many inmates with a total maximum sentence of
more than one year were —
Male
Female
a. Under your jurisdiction on
January 1, 2008
b. Admitted during 2008
(Transcribe from item 7i)
c. Released during 2008
(Transcribe item 8i)
d. Under your jurisdiction
on December 31, 2008
(Add items 9a and 9b,
subtract item 9c, should
equal item 2a.)

SECTION III – PRISON SYSTEM CAPACITY
b. Conditional releases
(1) Probations (Include
inmates released on shock
probation or placed on
probation and conditionally
released.)
(2) Supervised mandatory
releases (Include inmates
who by law had to be
conditionally released.)

10. On December 31, 2008, what was the capacity of
your prison system?
Male
Female
a. Rated capacity (The number
of beds or inmates assigned by
rating officials to institutions
within your jurisdiction.)
b. Operational capacity (The
number of inmates that can be
accommodated based on staff,
existing programs, and services
in institutions within your
jurisdiction.)

(3) Discretionary paroles
(4) Other conditional
releases – Specify

c. Design capacity (The number
of inmates that planners or
architects intended for all
institutions within your
jurisdiction.)

c. Deaths

d. AWOLS

e. Escapes from confinement
f. Transfers to other
jurisdictions (Include inmates
sent to other jurisdictions to
continue sentences already in
force.)

g. Releases to appeal or bond
h. Other releases – Specify

i. TOTAL
(Sum of items 8a to 8h)
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SECTION IV – HIV/AIDS

SECTION V – NOTES

11. During 2008, were any inmates under your custody
tested for the antibody to the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS?
a.

1
2

Please review last year’s explanatory notes and make any
corrections, additions, or deletions necessary for 2008.
Please mark (x) box to indicate that you have reviewed and
updated the notes.

Yes
No – Skip to item 12.

b. Under what circumstances were inmates tested?
(1) All incoming inmates

1

Yes

2

No

(2) All inmates currently in
custody

1

Yes

2

No

(3) All inmates at time of
release

1

Yes

2

No

(4) Random samples of
inmates while in custody

1

Yes

2

No

1

Yes

2

No

(6) Upon inmate request

1

Yes

2

No

(7) Upon court order

1

Yes

2

No

(8) Upon clinical indication of
need

1

Yes

2

No

(9) Upon involvement in
incident

1

Yes

2

No

1

Yes

2

No

(5) High risk groups – Specify

(10) Other circumstances –
Specify

12. On December 31, 2008, how many inmates under your
custody were — (Include all inmates under your custody,
regardless of sentence length.)
Male
Female
a. Asymptomatic HIV positive
(Inmates who were HIV
positive but had no HIV-related
symptoms.)
b. Infected with lesser forms
of symptomatic HIV disease
(Inmates who had symptoms of
HIV infection but without a
confirmed AIDS diagnosis.)

c. Confirmed to have AIDS
d. TOTAL
(Sum of items 12a to 12c)

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