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Louisiana Data Analysis Part 1: Prison Trends

Justice Reinvestment Task Force

August 11, 2016

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Charge of the Justice Reinvestment Task Force

• The Justice Reinvestment Task Force is a high-level, inter-branch, and

bipartisan group charged with analyzing the drivers of the Louisiana prison

population; assessing state sentencing and corrections policy; consulting

criminal justice stakeholders; and forging consensus on a comprehensive

package of reforms that will accomplish the following three goals as set out in

HCR 82:

– Reduce correctional populations and associated criminal justice spending by focusing

prison space on serious and violent criminals.

– Hold offenders accountable more efficiently by implementing or expanding research-

based supervision and sentencing practices.

– Reinvest savings into strategies shown to decrease recidivism, including improved

reentry outcomes.

Introduction

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Justice Reinvestment Task Force Schedule

• June 17, 2016: Introduction and National Trends

• August 11, 2016: Data Analysis I: Prison Trends

• September 23, 2016: Data Analysis II

• October 21, 2016: Data Analysis III

• November 17, 2016: System Assessment and Introduction

to Policy Development

Introduction

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How We Examine Prison Populations

Introduction

Admissions

Newly Sentenced Prisoners

Revocations

Time Served

Newly Sentenced Prisoners

Revocations

Prison Population

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Outline

• Regional Context

• Trends in the Louisiana Prison Population

– Admissions: how many people come into prison

– Time served: how long they stay in prison

– Prison population: impact of admissions and time served

trends

– Behind the decline: trends driving the recent decrease in

the prison population

Introduction

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LOUISIANA IN THE REGIONAL

CONTEXT

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Dramatic Growth in the Imprisonment Rate in Last

Three and a Half Decades

Regional Context

Source: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

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Louisiana Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 Residents, 1978-2014

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Crime Rate Began Declining in Mid-1990s

Regional Context

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports

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Louisiana Total Index Crime Rate per 100,000 Residents, 1978-2014

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Louisiana Has Similar, Though Slightly Higher,

Crime Rate to Many States in the Region

Regional Context


427 480 541 377 515 498 608 406 482

3,178 3,338 3,416

3,281 3,459 3,460 3,061

3,019 3,276

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1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana SouthCarolina

Tennessee Texas GroupAverage

Total Index Crime Rate per 100,000 Residents by Type, 2014

Violent Property

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Imprisonment Rate Higher Than States in Region

With Similar Crime Rates

Regional Context


633 599

513 517

816

429 437

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Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 Residents, 2014

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Louisiana Has Highest Prison Admission Rate of

States in Region with Similar Crime Rates

Regional Context

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Prison Admission Rate per 100,000 Residents, 2014

Source: Department of Corrections statistical reports for each state

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Admission Rate of Nonviolent Prisoners Much Higher

Than States in Region With Similar Crime Rates

Regional Context

50 70 48 40 59 54

109 118

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149

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Florida Georgia Louisiana South Carolina Texas Group Average

Prison Admission Rate per 100,000 Residents by Offense Type, 2014

Violent Nonviolent


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Average Time Served in Prison Is Similar or Slightly

Lower Than States in Region with Similar Crime Rates

Regional Context

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Average Time Served for All Prison Releases, 2009

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts

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Key Takeaways: Regional Context

• Louisiana’s imprisonment rate more than quadrupled in the

past 35 years.

• Louisiana has a higher imprisonment and prison admission

rate than other states in the region with similar crime rates.

• Average time served for people released from prison in

Louisiana is on par with or lower than many states in the

region with similar crime rates.

Regional Context

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TRENDS IN THE LOUISIANA

PRISON POPULATION

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Data Sources

• Louisiana Department of Corrections

– Prison admissions, 2006-2015

– Prison releases, 2006-2015

– Annual snapshots of prison population,

December 31, 2006-2015

Trends in the LA Prison Population

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Definition of Terms

Supervision

• Community supervision

– Probation, parole, or good time parole

Offense Type

• Violent crime

– Any crime defined as violent in LA R.S. 14:2(B), as well as vehicular

homicide (designated by the Supreme Court as a violent crime), and

domestic abuse by burning (designated by statute as a violent

crime)

• Primary offense

– The offense with the longest sentence length associated with an

inmate’s current prison stay


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Definition of Terms: Prior Contact

• Prior DOC contacts include:

– Prison sentence in DOC custody

– Probation sentence supervised by DOC

– Felony specialty court sentence

– Parole or good time parole supervision sentence

– Revocation to prison

• Prior DOC contacts do not include:

– Arrests

– Participation in DA diversion programs

– Misdemeanor convictions


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Definition of Terms: Admission Types

• Newly sentenced prisoner

– Admitted to prison for a court-ordered felony sentence at the time of

conviction

• Revocation

– Admitted to prison for violating the terms of community supervision

• Habitual offender

– Person sentenced under Louisiana’s habitual offender statute, which

increases the minimum and maximum penalties for second or

subsequent felonies


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Definition of Terms: Release Types

• Parole

– Released by the Parole Board after serving the statutorily required

portion of the sentence

• Expiration of Sentence

– Released to the community after serving full sentence in prison

• Diminution of Sentence

– Released to good time parole supervision after earning good time

credits or attending certified treatment and rehabilitation programs

• Other

– Released through another mechanism such as commutation of

sentence, court-ordered release, or death


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Additional Data Notes

• Data include only individuals convicted of a felony at hard

labor and sentenced to serve a period of confinement in

DOC custody

• Technical violators who serve a revocation sentence that is

capped at 90, 120, or 180 days under Act 402 (2007) or Act

299 (2015) are not included in these data

• Time served calculation does not include pretrial or

presentence jail time credited to a prison sentence


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PRISON ADMISSIONS

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Louisiana Has Highest Prison Admission Rate of

States in Region with Similar Crime Rates

Admissions

165

272

159

188

356

189

224

265

227

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Prison Admission Rate per 100,000 Residents, 2014


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Prison Admissions Up 8% Overall in Last Decade,

Declining Since 2012

15,332

17,684

16,504

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4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Admissions by Year

Admissions

Source: Louisiana Department of Corrections

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Violent Crime Down 29%, Property Crime Down

15% Since 2006

Admissions

721

4,081

515

3,459

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1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

Violent crime rate Property crime rate

Total Index Crime Rate Per 100,000 Residents, 2006 and 2014

2006 2014


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Nearly 9 in 10 Prison Admissions Are Male

Male 89%

Female 11%

Admissions by Sex, 2015

Admissions


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Female Prison Admissions Up 15% in Last

Decade, Outpacing Growth of Male Admissions

1,636

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Female Admissions by Year

Admissions


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Black Share of Prison Admissions Larger Than

Share of State Population

Admissions

White 42%

Black 58%

Hispanic 0%

Other 0%

Prison Admissions by Race, 2015

White 63%

Black 32%

Asian 2%

Other 3%

State Population by Race, 2015

Sources: US Census Bureau and Louisiana Department of Corrections

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Majority of Female Prison Admissions Are White,

Majority of Males Are Black

Admissions

White 69%

Black 31%

Hispanic 0%

Other 0%

Female Admissions by Race, 2015

White 38%

Black 61%

Hispanic 1%

Other 0%

Male Admissions by Race, 2015


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25-34 Year Olds Make Up Largest Share of Prison

Admissions

Admissions

18-24 19%

25-34 39%

35-44 24%

45-54 13%

55 or Older 5%

Admissions by Age Category, 2015


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Number of Admissions 55 or Older Has More Than

Doubled in Last Decade

Admissions

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Admissions 55 or Older by Year


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86% of Prison Admissions Have A Nonviolent

Primary Offense

Admissions

Violent 14%

Drug 36%

Property 31%

Other 19%

Admissions by Primary Offense Type, 2015


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81% of Prison Admissions Have No Violent

Offenses Associated with Current Admission

Violent Offense Associated w/

Current Admission 19%

Drug 35%

Property 29%

Other 17%

Admissions by Offense Type, 2015

Admissions


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Over 80% of Drug, Property, Other Admissions Have

No Prior DOC Contacts with a Primary Violent Offense

55%

88% 86% 82%

45%

13% 15% 18%

0%

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Violent OffenseAssociated w/ Current

Admission

Drug Property Other

Admissions by Offense Type by Prior DOC Contact Type, 2015

Prior DOC Contact w/ Primary Violent Offense

No Prior DOC Contact w/ Primary Violent Offense

Admissions


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Revocations Make Up Majority of Admissions,

But Share Has Declined in Last Decade

Admissions

9,978 69%

10,300 9,658 59%

4,536 31%

7,312 6,755 41%

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12,000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Admissions by Admission Type by Year

Revocation from Supervision Newly Sentenced Prisoner


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Newly Sentenced Prison Admissions Up 49% in

Last Decade

Admissions: Newly Sentenced Prisoners

4,536

6,755

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1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

2006 2015

Newly Sentenced Prison Admissions, 2006 and 2015


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Newly Sentenced Prison Admissions Up Across All

Offense Types

842

1,805

1,057

785

1,348

2,033

1,617 1,700

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2,500

Violent Drug Property Other

Admissions by Offense Type, Newly Sentenced Prisoners, 2006 and 2015

2006 2015

13%

increase

117%

increase

53%

increase


60%

increase


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More Than Half of New Drug Sentences to Prison

Are for Possession


Possession 53% Possession w/

Intent to Distribute

26%

Distribution 20%

Manufacture and Grow 1%

Drug Admissions by Offense Type, Newly Sentenced Prisoners, 2015


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Top 10 Most Common Crimes at Admission for

Newly Sentenced Prisoners Are All Nonviolent

Top 10 Offenses at Admission in 2015, Newly Sentenced Prisoners

Offense 2006 2015 % Change, 2006-2015

POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II DRUG 779 641 -18%

SIMPLE BURGLARY 278 466 68%

OPERATE VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED 218 380 74%

POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON 102 308 202%

DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE II DRUG 278 262 -6%

POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE II DRUG 296 252 -15%

POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE I DRUG 100 245 145%

SIMPLE BURGLARY INHABITED DWELLING 83 216 160%

POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE I DRUG 146 209 43%

SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION 57 201 253%



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34% of Newly Sentenced Prisoners Have No Prior

DOC Contacts


0 Priors 34%

1 Prior 16%

2 Priors 15%

3-5 Priors 26%

More than 5 Priors

9%

Admissions by Prior DOC Contacts, Newly Sentenced Prisoners, 2015


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People Sentenced Under Habitual Offender Statute

Are a Small But Growing Share of Prison Admissions

157

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500

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Newly Sentenced Prisoners Convicted Under Habitual Offender Statute by Year



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Urban Centers Send Largest Number of Newly

Sentenced Prisoners to Prison


Admissions by Parish of Conviction, Newly Sentenced Prisoners,

2015


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Wide Variation in Admission Rate per 100,000

Residents Across Jurisdictions


Admissions per 100,000 Residents by Parish of Conviction, Newly Sentenced

Prisoners, 2015


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Revocations from Community Supervision to

Prison Flat over Last Decade

Admissions: Revocations

9,978 9,658

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2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

2006 2015

Revocations from Supervision, 2006 and 2015


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Over 75% of Revocations Admitted to Prison Had

Underlying Drug or Property Offense

Admissions: Revocations


Violent 9%

Drug 41%

Property 35%

Other 15%

Revocations by Underlying Offense Type, 2015

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Key Takeaways: Prison Admissions

• Prison admissions are up 8% in the last decade but have been

falling since 2012.

• Louisiana has the highest prison admission rate of surrounding

states with similar crime rates.

– 86% of prison admissions have a primary offense that is nonviolent.

• Newly sentenced prison admissions are up 49% in the last decade

with increases across all offense types.

– Drug possession is the most common crime at admission for newly

sentenced prisoners.

– All of the top ten most common offenses for newly sentenced prison

admissions are nonviolent.

• Revocations make up 59% of prison admissions.

Admissions

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Break

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TIME SERVED IN PRISON

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Average Time Served in Prison Is Similar or Slightly

Lower Than States in Region with Similar Crime Rates

Time Served

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Average Time Served for All Prison Releases, 2009

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts

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Average Time Served in Prison Has Changed Little

in the Last Decade

Time Served

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30

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Average Time Served by Year


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Number of Releases with Shortest and Longest

Lengths of Stay Have Increased

Time Served

6,177 6,502

1,188 819

302

9,340

5,883

1,335 854

605

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Less Than 1 Year 1-3 Years 4-5 Years 6-10 Years More Than 10Years

Releases by Time Served Category, 2006 and 2015

2006 2015

51%

increase

100%

increase


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Newly Sentenced Prisoners Serve Nearly Three

Years on Average, Slight Decrease in Last Decade

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2006 2015

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Average Time Served, Newly Sentenced Prisoners, 2006 and 2015

Time Served: Newly Sentenced Prisoners


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Average Time Served Down for Drug, Property,

Other Offenses


78.8

25.8 22.4 21.1

84.8

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Average Time Served by Offense Type, Newly Sentenced Prisoners, 2006 and 2015

2006 2015


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Time Served Climbing for Some Common Offenses

Time Served (Months) for 10 Most Common Offenses at Admission in 2015, Newly Sentenced Prisoners

Offense 2006 2015 % Change, 2006-2015

POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE II DRUG 17.9 16.8 -6%

SIMPLE BURGLARY 29.7 19.9 -33%

OPERATE VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED 6 11.3 88%

POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON 35.9 30.6 -15%

DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE II DRUG 32.3 35.3 9% POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE II DRUG 29.6 35 18%

POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE I DRUG 28.1 17 -40%

SIMPLE BURGLARY INHABITED DWELLING 29.4 20.5 -30% POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE I DRUG 30.9 24.7 -20%

SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION 3.2 14 338%



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Revocations Serve Roughly a Year and a Half on

Average; Little Change in Last Decade

Time Served: Revocations

20.3 19.5

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15

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2006 2015

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Average Time Served, Revocations, 2006 and 2015


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Proportion of Parole Releases Decreased Over

Last Decade

Time Served

Expiration of

Sentence 6%

Diminution of

Sentence 83%

Parole 8%

Other 3%

Releases by Release Type, 2006

Expiration of

Sentence 6%

Diminution of

Sentence 89%

Parole 2%

Other 3%

Releases by Release Type, 2015


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75% of Releases Exit a Local Facility or

Transitional Work Program

Time Served

Local Facility 63%

Other 2%

Private Facility 4%

Reentry Center 3%

State Prison 16%

Transitional Work

Program 12%

Releases by Release Facility, 2015


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Key Takeaways: Time Served

• On average, time served is decreasing for drug and

property offenses, though it is on the rise for some common

crimes.

• Newly sentenced prisoners serve longer on average than

revocations from community supervision.

• The majority of those released from prison are released

from a local facility.

Time Served

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PRISON POPULATION

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Imprisonment Rate Higher Than States in Region

With Similar Crime Rates

Prison Population


633 599

513 517

816

429 437

584

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900


Tennessee Texas

Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 Residents, 2014

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Prison Population Peaked at Roughly 40,000 in

2012; Down 9% in Last 3 Years

35,885

39,867

36,146

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Prison Population by Year (December 31 Annual Snapshot)

Prison Population


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Males Make Up 94% of Prison Population

Prison Population

Male 94%

Female 6%

Prison Population by Sex, 2015


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Black Inmates Make Up Majority of Prison

Population

Prison Population

White 32%

Black 68%

Hispanic 0%

Other 0%

Prison Population by Race, 2015

White 63%

Black 32%

Asian 2%

Other 3%

State Population by Race, 2015

Sources: US Census Bureau and Louisiana Department of Corrections

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12% of Inmates Are 55 or Older

Prison Population

Under 18 0%

18-24 11%

25-34 31%

35-44 27%

45-54 19%

55 or Older 12%

Prison Population by Age Category, 2015


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One Quarter of Prisoners Have No Prior DOC

Contacts

0 Priors 25%

1 Prior 19%

2 Priors 17%

3-5 Priors 28%

More than 5 Priors 11%

Prison Population by Prior DOC Contacts, 2015

Prison Population


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Revocations from Community Supervision Make

Up 43% of Prison Population

Prison Population


Newly Sentenced Prisoner

57%

Revocation from Supervision

43%

Prison Population by Admission Type, 2015

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People Sentenced for Drug or Property Crimes

Make Up 40% of Prison Population

Violent 45%

Drug 24%

Property 16%

Other 15%

Prison Population by Offense Type, 2015

Prison Population


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Inmates Convicted Under Habitual Offender

Statute Make Up 15% of Prison Population

Other 85%

Habitual Offender

15%

Prison Population by Habitual Offender Status, 2015

Prison Population


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People Serving Life Sentences Make up 13% of

Prison Population

Prison Population

Other 87%

Life 13%

Prison Population by Sentence Type, 2015


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Key Takeaways: Prison Population

• The prison population peaked in 2012 and has declined 9% in

the last three years.

– Despite the decline, Louisiana still has the highest imprisonment

rate of any state in the country.

• People serving time for drug or property crimes make up 40%

of the prison population.

• 43% of prisoners are revocations from community supervision.

Prison Population

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TRENDS IN THE PRISON

POPULATION SINCE 2012

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Prison Population Peaked in 2012 at Roughly

40,000

35,885

39,867

36,146

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Prison Population by Year

Recent Trends


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Prison Population Down 9% Since 2012

39,867

36,146

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

2012 2013 2014 2015

Prison Population by Year

Recent Trends


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Prison Admissions Down 7% Since 2012

Recent Trends

17,684 16,504

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

2012 2013 2014 2015

Prison Admissions by Year


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Declines in Admissions Across Most Offense

Types

2,515

6,699

5,208

3,091

2,252

5,972

5,001

3,155

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000


Admissions by Offense Type, 2012 and 2015

2012 2015

Recent Trends


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Declines in Newly Sentenced Prisoners and

Revocations Admitted to Prison

7,312

10,061

6,755

9,658

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

Newly Sentenced Prisoner Revocation from Supervision

Admissions by Admission Type, 2012 and 2015

2012 2015

Recent Trends


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Releases Have Increased 5% Since 2012, Now

Outpace Admissions

17,684

16,504 17,097

18,023

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

20,000

2012 2013 2014 2015

Admissions and Releases by Year

Admissions Releases

Recent Trends


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Key Takeaways: Recent Trends

• The prison population has declined 9% since 2012.

• The decline is driven by a combination of decreasing

admissions and increasing releases.

– Declining admissions across both revocations and newly


Recent Trends

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SUMMARY

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Summary of Takeaways

• Admissions:

– Prison admissions are up 8% in the last decade but have been

falling since 2012.

– Louisiana has the highest prison admission rate among surrounding

states with similar crime rates.

• 86% of prison admissions have a primary offense that is nonviolent.

– Newly sentenced prison admissions are up 49% in the last decade

with increases across all offense types.

• Drug possession is the most common crime at admission for newly


• All of the top ten most common offenses for newly sentenced prison

admissions are nonviolent.

– Revocations make up 59% of prison admissions.

Summary

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• Time Served:

– On average, time served is decreasing for drug and property

offenses, though it is on the rise for some common crimes.

– Newly sentenced prisoners serve longer on average than

revocations from community supervision.

– The majority of those released from prison are released from a local

facility.

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• Prison Population:

– The prison population peaked in 2012 and has declined 9% in the

last three years, driven by decreasing admissions and increasing

releases.

• Despite the decline, Louisiana still has the highest imprisonment rate of

any state in the country.

– People serving time for drug or property crimes make up 40% of the

prison population.

– 43% of prisoners are revocations from community supervision.

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Questions?

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Contact Information

• Laura Bennett

– Office: (202) 552-2028

– Email: [email protected]

• Public Safety Performance Project

– www.pewtrusts.org/publicsafety

Summary

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