| Q: |
How many juvenile residential placement facilities hold female offenders? |
| A: |
On the October 25, 2017 census date, 965 juvenile residential facilities held female offenders. Facilities housing only females on the census date accounted for 8% of all facilities. |
Gender mix by facility type, 2017
| Population gender mix |
Total |
Public |
Private |
Total |
Public |
Private |
| Total |
1,709 |
975 |
734 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Male offenders only |
744 |
327 |
417 |
44% |
34% |
57% |
| Female offenders only |
143 |
52 |
91 |
8% |
5% |
12% |
| Male and female offenders |
822 |
596 |
226 |
48% |
61% |
31% |
Notes: Facilities identified here as gender specific, may in fact, allow both sexes, but merely had no opposite-sex residents on the census day. The specific housing arrangements of facilities identified here as holding both sexes are not known. Male and female populations may be separated within a facility.
- Fewer than half (44%) of all juvenile residential facilities nationwide held only male offenders on October 25, 2017. Female-only facilities accounted for 8% of all facilities. The remaining facilities held both male and female offenders. A substantially larger proportion of public facilities (61%) than private facilities (31%) held both males and females. A greater proportion of private facilities (12%) than public facilities (5%) held only females on the census day.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08504.asp?qaDate=2017.
Released on April 23, 2019.
Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2017 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.
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