No. 198. AVERAGE TIME SERVED BY PRISONERS RELEASED FROM FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS FOR FIRST TIME, BY OFFENSE: 1959 [For year ending June 30. Includes a few prisoners committed from the Federal courts in Alaska and Hawaii. Excludes 487 first releases other than by parole, expiration of sentence, and mandatory release; also excludes 659 parole releases of offenders sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act and 1,148 second or subsequent releases. In computing averages, sentences to life and to more than 45 years were counted as 45 years; minority sentences of juvenile delinquents were counted from date of sentence to 21st birthday] Source: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons; annual report, Federal Prisons. No. 199. SENTENCED FEDERAL PRISONERS RECEIVED FROM THE COURTS, BY OFFENSE: 1937 TO 1959 [For years ending June 30. Includes a few prisoners committed from the Federal courts in Alaska and Hawali. Data for all Federal prisoners; some committed to non-Federal institutions] Source: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons; annual report, Federal Prisons. No. 200. FEDERAL PRISONERS BY NUMBER OF PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS, BY [For year ending June 30. Includes a few prisoners committed from the Federal courts in Alaska and Hawaii. Known previous commitments under sentence of prisoners committed to Federal institutions under sentence of more than 1 year] Source: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons; annual report, Federal Prisons. No. 201. FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONS-FULL-TIME STAFF, BY OCCUPATION AND SEX: 1 Excludes data for Public Health Service Hospitals for narcotic-drug addicts whose staff supervise both prisoner and nonprisoner patients. 2 Foremen, stationary engineers, mechanics, carpenters, plumbers, laundrymen, etc. Stewards, dietitians, cooks, bakers, etc. 4 Farm managers, dairymen, animal husbandmen, poultry men, vegetable gardeners, farm laborers, etc. Officers and employees who primarily carry out a custodial function, and who cannot be classified in any of the above positions. Source: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons; National Prisoner Statistics, bulletin No. 22. No. 202. PRISONERS Executed UndeR CIVIL AUTHOrity, by Offense and RACE: 1930 To 1959 Includes 2 Federal executions in Alaska, 1 in 1948 and 1 in 1950. Exeludes executions by military authorities. The Army (including the Air Force) carried out 159 (148 between 1942 and 1950, 3 each in 1954, 1955, and 1957, and 1 each in 1958 and 1959). Of the total, 106 were executed for murder (including 21 involving rape), 52 for rape, and 1 for desertion. The Navy carried out no executions during the period. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series H 432-444] 2 22 armed robbery, 16 kidnaping, 11 burglary, 8 espionage (6 in 1942 and 2 in 1953), 4 aggravated assault. 3 Includes 2 females, both executed in 1953, 1 for kidnaping and 1 for espionage. Source: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons; National Prisoner Statistics, bulletin No. 23. No. 203. Prisoners Executed Under Civil AuthorITY, BY STATES: 1930 To 1959 [Death penalty illegal in States not listed (Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mich., Minn., N. Dak., R.I., and Wis.) with certain exceptions in Mich., N. Dak., and R.I. under the provisions of which no executions have taken place! Includes Federal executions not and 1957, 2). shown by State (1930-1939, 9; 1940-1944, 1945-1949, 6; 1950-1954, 6; 1956, 1; Death penalty illegal beginning April 2, 1958. * Death penalty illegal 1930–1934. • Death penalty illegal 1930-1938. Source: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons; National Prisoner Statistics, bulletin No. 23. |