NAME: ____________________________

The information needed to complete this assignment can be found on the internet at <http://www.ncjrs.org>. Click on the ‘Corrections’ section, then ‘Documents’, then look for ‘Prisoners in 1999’ (not midyear 1999). You will need to open up the .pdf/ Adobe Acrobat version to complete this assignment because the other versions do not have all the tables. Please be careful to distinguish between the number, a rate and percents – make sure you provide the information requested by the question.

1. The total number of people incarcerated in the United States and its territories at yearend 1999 was ______________________. This means that 1 in every _______ men and 1 in every ________ women were behind bars. (use information on p 1)

2. The incarceration rate is ________ per 100,000 residents (use Table 1). The incarceration rate is ______ per 100,000 men and _______ for 100,000 women (see Table 8).

3. How many people were incarcerated in Michigan prisons at the end of 1999? _____________. At the end of 1999, Michigan had one of the 10 largest prison populations in the US (by number of inmates) TRUE FALSE

4. How many inmates were in private prisons at yearend 1999? __________

5. There are more female prisoners in California than there are in the entire Northeast region. True False

6. What state had the most overcrowded prison in 1999 (as measured by the % of highest capacity)? _________________. How many states are operating at or above capacity? _______________.

7. What % of all inmates were Black? _________

8. Fill in the chart below for 1999 using the number of inmates:

1999 DATA	MALES	FEMALES
BLACKS
HISPANICS
WHITES