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Ohio Report
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IMPRISONMENT
AT A GLANCE
Imprisonment
Rate 1977: 120 (18th) Female Imprisonment Rate 1977:
10 (17th)
Imprisonment Rate 2004: 391 (25th) Female Imprisonment
Rate 2004: 54 (27th)
Total
Female Sentenced Prisoners 1977: 577
Total Female Sentenced Prisoners 2004: 3,185
Percent
Increase 1977-2004: 452%
Average Annual Percent Increase 1977-2004: 7%
Percent Increase 1999-2004: 12%
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IMPRISONMENT
IN OHIO
At
year-end 2004, Ohio prisons housed 44,806 inmates serving
sentences of more than one year. Of these inmates, 41,621
were male and 3,185 were female. Ohio ranked 27th in its 2004
female imprisonment rate with 54 female prisoners per 100,000
female residents, and 25th in its 2004 overall imprisonment
rate with 391 prisoners per 100,000 residents.
In
1977, Ohio prisons housed 577 female inmates; by 2004, the
female prison population had reached 3,185. Ohio's female
prison population was at its lowest with 538 female prisoners
in 1978 and peaked at 3,185 female inmates in 2004.
GROWTH
IN FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATE
Between
1977 and 2004, Ohio's female prison population grew by 452%
with an average annual percent change of 6.8% per year.
From
1977 until the late 1990s, Ohio's female imprisonment rate
was typically quite a bit higher than the average female imprisonment
rate across the states. In the late 1990s, as the average
across states continued to grow, Ohio's female imprisonment
rate stabilized. With a 2004 female imprisonment rate of 54
female prisoners per 100,000 female residents, Ohio was ranked
27th.
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. Ohio's 1977 ratio
was lower than average with 21 male prisoners for every female
prisoner. By 2004, Ohio's male to female imprisonment ratio
(13:1) was equal to the average across states.
CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES
According to the 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional
Facilities, Ohio has 34 correctional facilities. Of Ohio's
34 correctional facilities, 29 house male prisoners only,
three house female prisoners only, and two house both male
and female prisoners.
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