National Corrections Reporting Program, 1996 United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics correctional facilities correctional facilities (juveniles) correctional system demographic characteristics federal correctional facilities jail inmates juvenile offenders national crime statistics (USA) offenders offenses parole prison inmates probation state correctional facilities ICPSR.XVII.E NACJD.III The purpose of this study was to gather data on prisoners entering and leaving the custody or supervision of state and federal authorities. Data refer to prisoners who were admitted to prison, released from prison, or released from parole in 1996. Variables include incarceration history, current offenses, and total time served. Background information on individuals includes year of birth, sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, and educational attainment. 2010-04-23 event/transaction data 2448 10.3886/ICPSR02448.v1 official prison records of prisoner population movement United States 1996 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).