One day count of juveniles in public and private custody facilities, 1995

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Working for Youth Justice and Safety

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Custody Data (1995 & before)

Q:	How many juveniles were held in detention, correctional, or shelter facilities on a given day in the U.S. in 1995?
A:	Over 108,700 juveniles were in detention, correctional, or shelter facilities on February 15, 1995.

	Count	Percent
Total population	108,746	100%
Law violation	91,505	84
Delinquency	84,020	77
Person	30,969	28
Violent Index	18,011	17
Status offense	7,485	7
Nonoffenders	17,241	16

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Juveniles held for law violations either as accused or adjudicated offenders made up 84% of the overall custody population on February 15, 1995, the reference day for the 1995 Children in Custody census of public and private detention, correctional, and shelter facilities.
Youth charged with delinquency offenses were 77% of the custody population; those charged with person offenses were 28% of the population.
Nonoffenders, youth referred for abuse, neglect, emotional disturbance, or mental retardation, as well as voluntarily admitted youth, were 16% of the custody population.
Of the 108,746 juveniles in custody, 69,075 (64%) were held in public facilities. Public facilities held the majority of offenders (74%). The majority of nonoffenders were in private facilities (94%).

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08101.asp?qaDate=19990930. Released on September 30, 1999.

Adapted from Sickmund, M., Snyder, H., and Poe-Yamagata, E. Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1997 Update on Violence. [HTML File] or [Adobe Acrobat File].

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Children in Custody Census of Public and Private Juvenile Detention, Correctional, and Shelter Facilities 1994/95 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of the Census , 1996.