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Maryland Report
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Maryland
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IMPRISONMENT
AT A GLANCE
Imprisonment
Rate 1977: 198 (6th) Female Imprisonment Rate 1977:
11 (11th)
Imprisonment Rate 2004: 406 (22nd) Female Imprisonment
Rate 2004: 39 (41st)
Total
Female Sentenced Prisoners 1977: 248
Total Female Sentenced Prisoners 2004: 1,124
Annual
Percent Increase 1977-2004: 353%
Average Annual Percent Increase 1977-2004: 6%
Percent Increase 1999-2004: 13%
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IMPRISONMENT
IN MARYLAND
At
year-end 2004, Maryland prisons housed 22,696 inmates serving
sentences of more than one year. Of these inmates, 21,572
were male and 1,124 were female. In 2004, Maryland ranked
41st in female imprisonment rate with 39 female prisoners
per 100,000 female residents and ranked 22nd in overall imprisonment
with 406 prisoners per 100,000 residents.
In 1977, Maryland prisons housed 248 female inmates; by 2004,
the female prison population had reached 1,124. Maryland's
female prison population was at its lowest with 222 female
prisoners in 1979 and peaked at 1,191 female inmates in 2003.
GROWTH
IN FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATE
Between
1977 and 2004, Maryland's female prison population grew by
353% with an average annual percent change of 6.1% per year.
As
depicted in the Figure, Maryland's female imprisonment rate
growth tracked average growth across states fairly closely
until the early to mid-1990s. At that point, most states'
female imprisonment rates continued to grow, but Maryland's
stabilized. As a result, Maryland's female imprisonment rate
in 2004 was substantially lower than 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. Maryland's 1977
ratio was higher than average with 32 male prisoners for every
female prisoner. In 2004, Maryland's male to female imprisonment
ratio (19:1) remained higher than the average across states.
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES
According
to the 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities,
Maryland has 26 correctional facilities. Of Maryland's 26
correctional facilities, 22 house male prisoners only, two
house female prisoners only, and two house both male and female
prisoners.
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