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New
Hampshire
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IMPRISONMENT
AT A GLANCE
Imprisonment
Rate 1977: 26 (50th) Female Imprisonment Rate 1977:
0 (50th)
Imprisonment Rate 2004: 187 (47th) Female Imprisonment
Rate 2004: 18 (47th)
Total
Female Sentenced Prisoners 1977: 2
Total Female Sentenced Prisoners 2004: 119
Percent
Increase 1977-2004: 5,850%
Average Annual Percent Increase 1977-2004: 21%
Percent Increase 1999-2004: 2%
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IMPRISONMENT
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
At
year-end 2004, New Hampshire prisons housed 2,448 inmates
serving sentences of more than one year. Of these inmates,
2,329 were male and 119 were female. New Hampshire ranked
47th in its 2004 female imprisonment rate with 18 female prisoners
per 100,000 female residents, and 47th in its 2004 overall
imprisonment rate with 119 prisoners per 100,000 residents.
In
1977, New Hampshire prisons housed only 2 female inmates;
by 2004, the female prison population had reached 119. New
Hampshire's female prison population was at its lowest with
2 female prisoners in 1977 and peaked at 144 female inmates
in 2002.
GROWTH
IN FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATE
Between
1977 and 2004, New Hampshire's female prison population grew
by 5,850% with an average annual percent change of 21.1% per
year.
Throughout
the period from 1977 to 2004, New Hampshire's female imprisonment
rate was substantially lower than the average female imprisonment
rate across the states. With a female imprisonment rate of
18 female prisoners per 100,000 female residents, New Hampshire
is among the 10 least punitive states in its imprisonment
of female offenders in 2004 (ranked 47th).
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. New Hampshire's
1977 ratio was substantially higher than average with 46 male
prisoners for every female prisoner. In 2004, New Hampshire's
male to female imprisonment ratio (20:1) remained higher than
the average across states (though less dramatically so).
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES
According
to the 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities,
New Hampshire has eight correctional facilities. Of New Hampshire's
eight correctional facilities, three house male prisoners
only, one houses female prisoners only, and three house both
male and female prisoners.
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