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Kentucky Report
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IMPRISONMENT
AT A GLANCE
Imprisonment
Rate 1977: 106 (23rd) Female Imprisonment Rate 1977:
8 (25th)
Imprisonment Rate 2004: 412 (21st) Female Imprisonment
Rate 2004: 69 (17th)
Total
Female Sentenced Prisoners 1977: 138
Total Female Sentenced Prisoners 2004: 1,447
Percent
Increase 1977-2004: 949%
Average Annual Percent Increase 1977-2004: 10%
Percent Increase 1999-2004: 32%
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IMPRISONMENT
IN KENTUCKY
At
year-end 2004, Kentucky prisons housed 17,140 inmates serving
sentences of more than one year. Of these inmates, 15,693
were male and 1,447 were female. With a female imprisonment
rate of 69 female prisoners per 100,000 female residents,
Kentucky ranked 17th in 2004. With an overall imprisonment
rate of 412 prisoners per 100,000 residents, Kentucky ranked
21st relative to other states in 2004.
In
1977, Kentucky prisons housed 138 female inmates; by 2004,
the female prison population had reached 1447. Kentucky's
female prison population was at its lowest with 111 female
prisoners in 1978 and peaked at 1,447 female inmates in 2004.
GROWTH
IN FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATE
Between
1977 and 2004, Kentucky's female prison population grew by
949% with an average annual percent change of 9.8% per year.
For
most of the period between 1977 and 2004, Kentucky's female
imprisonment rate hovered at or below average. In the late
1990s, Kentucky's female imprisonment rate jumped quite suddenly
and then fell just as quickly before resuming a more stable
upward trend. In 2004, Kentucky's female imprisonment rate
of 69 female inmates per 100,000 female residents was above
the average across states.
MALE
TO FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATIO
The
male to female imprisonment ratio indicates the number of
male inmates for every female inmate. Although both female
and male imprisonment rates have increased over the period
of study, a shrinking ratio suggests that the number of female
prisoners has increased at a faster pace. In 1977, across
the states, there were an average of 26 male prisoners for
every female prisoner; by 2004, this ratio had fallen to 13
male prisoners for every female prisoner. Kentucky's 1977
ratio was slightly lower than average with 25 male prisoners
for every female prisoner. In 2004, Kentucky's male to female
imprisonment ratio (11:1) remained lower than the average
across states.
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES
According
to the 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities,
Kentucky has 25 correctional facilities. Of Kentucky's 25
correctional facilities, 18 house male prisoners only, three
house female prisoners only, and four house both male and
female prisoners.
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