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Note: All of the tables and figures on this page are in Adobe Acrobat. In order to read them, you will need to download and install the Acrobat program. You can obtain it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.htmlI. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
II: The Extent of U.S. Incarceration
Table 1: State Prison Incarceration Rates per 100,000 Residents at Midyear 1999
III. INCARCERATION
AND RACE
Admissions to Prison
Overrepresentation
of Blacks in Prison
Rates of Incarceration
Rates of Incarceration
of Black and White Men
Figure 1: Admissions to State and Federal Prison
by Race, 1980-1996
Table 2: Percentage of new Admissions to
State Prison by Race
Figure 2: Proportion of Blacks among State
Residents and in Prison Population
Figure 3: State Incarceration Rates by
Race
Table 3: Rates of Incarceration by Race,
1996 (with Black/White Ratio)
Table 4: State Incarceration Rates by Race
for 1988 and 1996
Figure 4: Male Incarceration Rates by Race
Table 5: State Incarceration Rates of Adult
Males by Race (with Black/White Ratio)
Table 6: Fraction of Black and White Male
Population in Prison
IV. THE ROLE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN U.S. INCARCERATION RATES
Table 7: Proportion of Violent and Nonviolent Offenders among Admissions to State Prison
V. THE IMPACT OF
THE WAR ON DRUGS ON U.S. INCARCERATION
Drug Offenders Admitted
to Prison
Rate of Admission
of Drug Offenders
Drug Offending and
Prison Admissions
Drugs Involved In
Offense
Type of Drug Conduct
Low-level offenders
Figure 5: Drug Offender Prison
Admissions
Figure 6 Drug Offenders as
Percentage of New Prison Admissions
Table 8: State Prison Admisison
Rates for Drug Offenders
Table 9: Rates of Admission
to State Prison: Persons Sentenced for Drug Offenses or Crimes of Violence
Table 10: Percentage of Drug
Using Population Aged 12 and Older in 1991-1993, and Rate of Drug Admissions
to State Prison
Table 11: Marijuana Offenders
as Proportion of All Drug Admissions
Table 12: Type of Drug Offense
among Drug Offender Admissions to State Prison
VI. RACIALLY DISPROPORTIONATE
INCARCERATION OF DRUG OFFENDERS
Racial Disparities
in Drug Offender Admissions to Prison
Drug Offenders as
a Proportion of Total Black Admissions
Figure7: Percentage of
Drug offenders Admitted to Prison by Race
Figure 8: Rate of Male
Drug Offender Admissions to Prison by Race
Table 13: Ranking of States by
Percentage of Black Drug offenders Admitted to State Prison
Table 14: Rates of Admission for
Black and White Male Drug Offenders
Table 15: Drug Offenders
as Percentage of Admissions by Race to State Prison
Table 16: Drug, Violent and
Nonviolent Offenders as Percentage of Admission by Race to State Prison
VII. RACIALLY DISPROPORTIONATE
DRUG ARRESTS
Drug Arrests
Drug Law Violations
by Blacks and Whites
Origins of Racially
Disproportionate Arrests
Table 17: Drug Use Population Estimates
for 1998 (in Thousands)
Table 18: Comparison of Drug use and
Arrests by Race
VIII. WOMEN, RACE, DRUGS, AND IMPRISONMENT
Table 19 Percentage of Drug Offenders among
Female Admissions to State Prison:
Figure 9: Female Drug Offenders as Percentage
of State Admissions