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Table 33. Adult Drug Offenders in Custody of State or Federal Prisons, 1989–2001

 
All Offenders
Prisoners who are drug offenders (%)
Estimated number of drug offenders
Year
State
Federal
Total State and Federal
Federal
State
State1
Federal2
1989
629,995
53,387
683,382
49.9
19.1
120,100
25,300
1990
684,544
58,838
743,382
53.5
21.7
148,600
30,470
1991
728,605
63,930
792,535
55.9
21.3
155,200
36,782
1992
778,495
72,071
850,566
58.9
21.6
168,100
42,879
1993
828,566
80,815
909,381
59.2
21.4
177,000
48,997
1994
904,647
85,500
990,147
60.5
21.4
193,500
49,507
1995
989,004
89,538
1,078,542
59.9
21.5
212,800
51,737
1996
1,032,440
95,088
1,127,528
60.2
21.0
216,900
55,194
1997
1,074,809
101,755
1,176,564
60.0
20.7
221,900
58,610
1998
1,113,672
110,793
1,224,555
58.7
20.7
231,000
63,011
19993
1,156,293
125,682
1,281,975
61.0
21.1
244,100
68,360
2000
1,176,269
133,921
1,310,190
57.3
20.8
244,800
73,389
2001
1,181,128
143,337
1,324,465
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— Data not available.
1The number of inmates by offense was estimated and rounded to the nearest 100.
2All data are for sentenced inmates, regardless of sentence length. All data is from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Federal Justice Database. Data for 1990 through 1995 is for December 31; data for 1996 through 2000 is for September 30.
3In 1999, 15 States expanded their reporting criteria to include inmates held in privately operated facilities. Comparable number in 1999 are 1,135,194 for State prisons and 121,854 for Federal prisons (for a total of 1,257,048).
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, Prisoners in 2001 (August 2002); Prisoners in 2000 (August 2001); Prisoners in 1999 (August 2000); Prisoners in 1998 (August 1999); and Prisoners in 1997 (August 1998). Correctional Populations in the United States, 1996 and 1997.


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