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Nevada Report
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Nevada
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IMPRISONMENT
AT A GLANCE
Imprisonment
Rate 1977: 187 (7th) Female Imprisonment Rate 1977:
19 (1st)
Imprisonment Rate 2004: 474 (14th) Female Imprisonment
Rate 2004: 77 (12th)
Total
Female Sentenced Prisoners 1977: 65
Total Female Sentenced Prisoners 2004: 878
Percent
Increase 1977-2004: 1,251%
Average Annual Percent Increase 1977-2004: 11%
Percent Increase 1999-2004: 20%
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IMPRISONMENT
IN NEVADA
At
year-end 2004, Nevada prisons housed 11,280 inmates serving
sentences of more than one year. Of these inmates, 10,402
were male and 878 were female. Nevada ranked 12th in its 2004
female imprisonment rate with 77 female prisoners per 100,000
female residents, and 14th in its 2004 overall imprisonment
rate with 474 prisoners per 100,000 residents,
In
1977, Nevada prisons housed 65 female inmates; by 2004, the
female prison population had reached 878. Nevada's female
prison population was at its lowest with 65 female prisoners
in 1977 and peaked at 880 female inmates in 2003.
GROWTH
IN FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATE
Between
1977 and 2004, Nevada's female prison population grew by 1,251%
with an average annual percent change of 11.1% per year.
Throughout
the period from 1977 to 2004, Nevada's female imprisonment
rate was substantially higher than the average female imprisonment
rate across the states. With a female imprisonment rate of
77 female prisoners per 100,000 female residents, Nevada ranks
12th most punitive in its imprisonment of female offenders.
Nevada has consistently had one of the highest female imprisonment
rates in the country - in 1977, it ranked as the most punitive
state.
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. Nevada's 1977 ratio
was substantially lower than average with 17 male prisoners
for every female prisoner. In 2004, Nevada's male to female
imprisonment ratio (12:1) remained slightly lower than the
average across states.
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
According
to the 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities,
Nevada has 20 correctional facilities. Of Nevada's 20 correctional
facilities, 16 house male prisoners only, two house female
prisoners only, and two house both male and female prisoners.
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