WHATS' NEW FROM THE CDC

Her are some recent statistics from the CDC. Updated each month.

Budget: $3.8 billion ( 1997-1998 Budget Act )
Average Yearly Cost: per inmate - $ 21,470; per parolee - $ 2,145.
Positions: 45,346 budgeted , ( about 26,382 sworn peace officers )
43,068 currently employed including 37,737 in institutions,
2,492 in Parole, 2,839 in Administration.

Facilities: 33 state prisons ranging from minimum to maximum custody. 38 camps

Population: All institutions: 153,956
Prisons: 144,093
Camps: 4,120
Community Facilities: 5,489
Top Five Counties: 35.5% LA; 8.2% San Diego; 5.9% San Bernardino; 5.4% Orange County; 5.1% Riverside

Characteristics: Males: 92.9.1% Females: 7.1% Parole Violators: 16.8%
Race: 30.1% White; 31.1% Black; 33.9% Hispanic; 4.9% Other
Offense: 41.8% Violent; 25.3% Property; 26.4% Drugs; 6.6% Other.
Classification: (males) 31.7% Level 1; 22.1% Level 2; 24.7% Level 3; 19.3% Level 4;
2.3% Special Security.
Lifers: 15,396 LWOPs: 1,857 Condemned: 481
Average Reading Level: 8 th Grade Median Age: 32
Average Sentence: 41.4 Months
Average Time Served: 21.3 Months
Commitment Rate: 388.3 per 100,000 Calif. Population.

About Parole:

Facilities: 31 re-entry centers, 7 prisoner mother centers, 1 restitution center,
1 drug treatment center, 1 boot camp and 12 community correctional facilities.

Offices: 125 parole offices in 71 locations.
4 parole outpatient clinics

Parole Population: Total: 100,817
Paroled to committing county: 90.4%
Paroled to another county: 9.6 %
Paroled to:
Region 1 20,174
Region 2 20,974
Region 3 34,772
Region 4 24,897
Return rate: with new prison term: 17.1 %
as parole violator: 51.3 %

Top 5 counties: LA 29.9%; San Diego 6.6%; Orange 5.6%; San Bernardino 5.2%; Riverside 4.6%.

Characteristics: Males: 90.1% Females: 9.9%
Race: 30. 0 % white; 27.0% black; 38.3% hispanic; 4.7% other.
Offense: 26.8% violent; 29.1% property; 33.2% drugs; 10.8% other.
Average Age: 34