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Detailed statistical reports of offender demographics.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Fiscal Year 2021 Statistical Report provides demographic information for a total of 564,190 cases under supervision on August 31, 2021, as well as those received and released throughout the fiscal year.

Texas releases roughly 844,664 men and 227,778 women from its prisons and jails each year. What is it doing to support them upon reentry? Lubbock County, Texas’s jail construction woes should serve as a warning to other communities around the nation. Black people in Texas are incarcerated at a rate 3.3 times higher than white people.

Dec 31, 2023 · Spreadsheet of All Current Inmates Statistics-Male/Female–A/B/H/O/White–Ages–ETC

Oct 15, 2024 · Thirty-five states and the BOP showed growth in their sentenced prison populations from 2021 to 2022, with increases of at least 1,000 persons in eight states and the BOP. Findings in this report are based on the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program, administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The program collects annual data from

Apr 15, 2024 · Line graph showing the number of people incarcerated in Texas' prisons and jails from 1978 to 2022.

In 2018, there were 151,213 people in the Texas prison system. Since 1980, the number of women in jail has increased 986%, and the number of women in prison has increased 951%. In Texas, Black people constituted 13% of state residents, but 27% of people in jail and 33% of people in prison. Incarceration is not only an urban phenomenon.

Mar 19, 2025 · Bar charts showing that in Texas prisons and jails, incarceration rates are highest for Black residents.

There were 132,955 inmates in Texas prison facilities in April 2024. Of the roughly 40,000 Texans released from state prisons every year, nearly half are rearrested within three years, and between 15-20% return to prison. the state’s prisons?