State Stix Behind bars in Illinois

State Stix

Behind bars in Illinois

More than 31,000 inmates squeeze into Illinois prisons built to hold 20,800. State lawmakers are considering proposals of the Illinois Task Force on Crime and Corrections to ease prison overcrowding.
Here is a look at the complexion of Illinois penitentiaries today.
Donald Sevener
Figure 3. Cost breakdown per Illinois inmate, 1992.

Figure 1. Illinois adult prison population by class of crime, 1992.
Figure 4. Staffing and security, Illinois prisons

Figure 2. Trend in Illinois prison population by class of crime

Figure 5. Number of female inmates, percent of Illinois prison population

Sources: figures 1, 2, 3, 5, Illinois Department of Corrections;
figure 4, Illinois Criminal Justice Authority.

June 1993/Illinois Issues/39