Correctional Populations in the United States, 2011

In November 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics published a bulletin reporting that during 2011, there were 6.98 million offenders under the supervision of the adult correctional systems at yearend 2011, a decrease of more than 98,900 offenders during the year. According to the bulletin, The 1.4% decline in the correctional population during 2011 was the third consecutive year of decline and by yearend, the population dropped below the level observed in 2004 (6,995,900). At yearend 2011, about 1 in every 34 adult residents in the . . .