Via the Office of Policy and Management‘s “Comprehensive Plan For the Connecticut Criminal Justice System 2007 [pdf]“:

  • Connecticut’s Rate of Incarceration per 100,000 of population is the highest in the Northeast at 373.
  • The average for the Northeast is 298 per 100K
  • Connecticut’s Rate of Incarceration is 28th in the country, however.
  • The top offense among the incarcerated population is Violation of Probation, accounting for 13.57% of all inmates
  • Second on the list is Sale of a Narcotic substance, accounting for 11.12%.
  • The rest are all under 5.32%
  • 92% of the prison population is male.
  • Parole is granted in 82% of cases that make it to a full panel or administrative review.
  • There are 1663 crimes in the State of Connecticut for which incarceration is a possible sentence.

There is also a 2007 Recidivism Study, which reveals the following information:

  • The overall reconviction rate was 39%.
  • The overall resentenced to prison rate was 22%.
  • Not shockingly, inmates released from prison with no community supervision were most likely to be reconvicted and resentenced to prison for a new offense.
  • Inmates convicted of property offenses have the highest recidivism rates.
  • Recidivism rates for sexual offenses was the lowest (22%), even lower than motor vehicle offenses (31%) [Full chart on page 6]

There is so much more in these reports. I will continue to sift through the information and present it.

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