From the 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.
