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IMPRISONMENT
AT A GLANCE
Imprisonment
Rate 1977: 239 (2nd) Female Imprisonment Rate 1977:
18 (4th)
Imprisonment Rate 2004: 539 (7th) Female Imprisonment
Rate 2004: 66 (18th)
Total
Female Sentenced Prisoners 1977: 276
Total Female Sentenced Prisoners 2004: 1,428
Percent
Increase 1977-2004: 417%
Average Annual Percent Increase 1977-2004: 7%
Percent Increase 1999-2004: 9%
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IMPRISONMENT
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
At
year-end 2004, South Carolina's prisons housed 22,730 inmates
serving sentences of more than one year. Of these inmates,
21,302 were male and 1,428 were female. South Carolina ranked
18th in its 2004 female imprisonment rate with 66 female prisoners
per 100,000 female residents, and 7th in its 2004 overall
imprisonment rate with 539 prisoners per 100,000 residents.
In
1977, South Carolina prisons housed 276 female inmates; by
2004, the female prison population had reached 1,428. South
Carolina's female prison population was at its lowest with
276 female prisoners in 1977 and peaked at 1,506 female inmates
in 2002.
GROWTH
IN FEMALE IMPRISONMENT RATE
Between
1977 and 2004, South Carolina's female prison population grew
by 417% with an average annual percent change of 6.6% per
year.
Throughout
the period from 1977 to 2004, South Carolina's female imprisonment
rate was substantially higher than the average female imprisonment
rate across the states. With a female imprisonment rate of
66 female prisoners per 100,000 female residents, South Carolina
ranked 18th in female imprisonment in 2004.
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. South Carolina's
1977 ratio was slightly lower than average with 24 male prisoners
for every female prisoner. By 2004, South Carolina's male
to female imprisonment ratio (15:1) was roughly equivalent
to the average across states.
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
According
to the 2000 Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities,
South Carolina has four correctional facilities. Of South
Carolina's four correctional facilities, two house male prisoners
only, one houses female prisoners only, and one houses both
male and female prisoners.
 
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