FACTS:  33 prisons

Population: 161,033
Males: 92.9%  Females: 7.1%

White: 29.5%  Black: 31.4%  Hispanic: 34%  Other: 5.1%

Median age: 34

Lifers: 19,422

Budget: $3.9 billion in 1998-99 (7.2% of the state General Fund)

Average cost per inmate: $20,758

Escape rate: .02 for 100 inmates in 1998

Population: White: 32% Black: 28% Hispanic 36% Other 4%

Median age: 32

Crimes: 1st degree murder: 341
    2nd degree murder: 479
   Manslaughter: 153
    Vehicular manslaughter: 23
    Robbery: 762
    Assualt w/ deadly weapon: 471
    Rape: 140
    Lewd act with child: 641
    Kidnapping: 120
    Drug possession: 515
    Drug possession for sale: 456

Programs available: youth diversion, religion, arts, victim awareness

Annual operating Budget: $114 million (1996-7)

Number of staff: 1,569

Build to house: 3,884,  currently (8-10-99): 6,995 inmates

Recividism rate: 30%

19 inmates have escaped since 1988.

Return to Soc 105